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Shroud from Saint-Sernin

By Jahanara, 31 July, 2021
Time Period
12th C AD
Weave Structure
Samitum
Cultures
Spanish
Museum
Cluny Museum (Musee de Cluny
Notes

The fragment of the shroud from Saint-Sernin was a silk saumitum cloth woven around the 12th Century by Hispano-Moorish weavers (Musee National du Moyen Age, 2003). The fragment held by the Cluny Museum measured 44 cm by 23 cm. The woven design is that of peacocks facing one another with their tails held up  (Musee National du Moyen Age, 2003).  This cloth closely resemble Sasanian samitums, which often included roundels encircling peacocks and other mythical beasts.

 

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