Textile Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valerius

Title: Textile Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valerius
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain
Date: 1200-1300 CE
Description: This textile fragment is woven silk, colored mostly gold with blue embellishments and a red inscription which reads "Good luck and glory and exaltedness and magnificence". It comes from a collection of vestments from the cult of Saint Valerius. The dalmatic in its entirety would have been worn on the day of his feast.
Format: Silk, gilt animal substrate around a silk core; tapestry weave, 3 1/8 in. x 8 1/4 in.
Language: Arabic
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor: Emily Morgan
Identifier: 46.156.10
Subject: Saints; Saint Valerius; Christianity
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jpeg; Textile Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valerius