File:EB1911 Tapestry - North French or German - wall-hanging.jpg

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English: Portion of wall-hanging from the church of St Gereon, Cologne. North French or German manufacture of the 11th or 12th century. About 2 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. This fragment is considered by authorities to be of 12th-century north European work, possibly from some Rhenish place. At one time the whole piece belonged to the church of St. Gereon at Cologne; a large bit of it is now in the museum at Lyons; another at Nuremberg; whilst a small part of the border only is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington. The pattern consists of repeated roundels within each of which is a chimerical bird and bull (? St. Luke), elsewhere is a small eagle (? St. John). The style of design, strong in oriental and Byzantine character, is frequently found in shuttle woven silks of the period.
Date published 1911
Source “Tapestry,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 26, 1911, fig. 11 (plate II).
Author Unknown artistUnknown artist
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current20:44, 14 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 20:44, 14 February 20191,006 × 1,406 (348 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |description ={{en|1=Portion of wall-hanging from the church of St Gereon, Cologne. North French or German manufacture of the 11th or 12th century. About 2 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. This fragment is considered by authorities to be of 12th-century north European work, possibly from some Rhenish place. At one time the whole piece belonged to the church of St. Gereon at Cologne; a large bit of it is now in the museum at Lyons; another at Nuremberg; whilst a small part of the border only...