Currently not on view
Epitaphios,
1300 – 50
Late Byzantine
y1966-218
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Title
Epitaphios
Dates
1300 – 50
Medium
Embroidery
Dimensions
159 × 103 cm (62 5/8 × 40 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Sherley W. Morgan, Class of 1913, and Mrs. Morgan
Object Number
y1966-218
Place Made
Turkey, possibly Constantinople
Inscription
y
Culture
Period
Type
Subject
Said to be from the Sumela Monastery, Trezibond; acquired by Sherley W. Morgan, Class of 1913, and Ethel (Palmer) Morgan) in 1930 in Istanbul from an unknown source; given to the Museum in 1966 by Mr. and Mrs. Morgan.
- "Acquisitions 1965 and 1966," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 26, no. 1 (1967): p. 2, 19-32., p. 27
- Slobodan Curcic and Archer St. Clair, Byzantium at Princeton: Byzantine art and archaeology at Princeton University: catalogue of an exhibition at Firestone Library, Princeton University, August 1 through October 26, 1986, (Princeton, NJ: Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1986)., cat. no. 146; p. 119
