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Sunday, 30 October 2016 08:56

Pontifical Stockings in Opus Anglicanum

Fragment of pontifical stocking, worked in Opus Anglicanum, from Worcester Cathedral, dated first half of the 13th century.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds in its collection a fragment (c. 29 x 22.5 cm) of what has been suggested to be a pair of pontifical stockings/boots, worked in opus anglicanum. They were retrieved from a tomb in Worcester cathedral in 1861, believed to be that of Bishop Walter de Cantelupe (who died in AD 1266).

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