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Keywords: Armenian - Liturgical Collar (Amiss) - Walters 83333.jpg This embroidery depicts Christ flanked by his twelve apostles some of whom are identified by their attributes Peter holds two keys while Andrew carries the X-shaped cross on which he died The piece was once part of a set of church vestments At the beginning of the liturgy a priest would have put it over his neck and shoulders while saying the prayer Clothe my neck O Lord with righteousness The Armenian text along the lower edge records that the collar was given in 1774 to the Monastery of the Virgin near Ankara metropolitan see of the Armenian diocese of Galatia It was originally paired with an episcopal crown or a miter similar to Walters 83 309 1774 Early Modern silk and gold-thread embroidery on silk pearls H 5 1/2 x L 20 3/4 in 14 x 52 7 cm accession number 83 333 34224 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation This crown and amiss set is a memorial gift to the Holy Mother of God Monastery of Galatia 1774 Ottoman Embroideries and Other Ornament The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007 place of origin Ankara Turkey Walters Art Museum license Embroidery of Armenia Ecclesiastical embroidery Textiles in the Walters Art Museum Ottoman Armenians Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Armenian art in the Walters Art Museum
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