Ecclesiastical Fabric
This fragment of an embroidered ecclesiastical fabric appears to be from a garment or an altar cloth. The fabric is red silk velvet, while the threads used are metallic with a silk core. Some of the original colored glass beads remain. The Virgin Mary, crowned with a halo, holds the child Jesus on her knee and a scepter in her right hand. Jesus is holding an indistinct item in his left hand while he makes the sign of the cross with his right. The reading and translation of the inscription that runs along the bottom of the fabric is a matter for scholarly debate. One reads: "For [the Church of] St. Karapet [that is, St. John the Baptist, the Precursor]. It is a memorial of Manushik, Mesrop’s wife, and of the child Ghal in [the year] 1190 [AD 1741].” Another reads: “For [the Church of] St. Karapet. This is in memory of Manuk and Manushak, the wife of Mesrob, of Ghalajegh.”
This fragment of an embroidered ecclesiastical fabric appears to be from a garment or an altar cloth. The fabric is red silk velvet, while the threads used are metallic with a silk core. Some of the original colored glass beads remain. The Virgin Mary, crowned with a halo, holds the child Jesus on her knee and a scepter in her right hand. Jesus is holding an indistinct item in his left hand while he makes the sign of the cross with his right. The reading and translation of the inscription that runs along the bottom of the fabric is a matter for scholarly debate. One reads: "For [the Church of] St. Karapet [that is, St. John the Baptist, the Precursor]. It is a memorial of Manushik, Mesrop’s wife, and of the child Ghal in [the year] 1190 [AD 1741].” Another reads: “For [the Church of] St. Karapet. This is in memory of Manuk and Manushak, the wife of Mesrob, of Ghalajegh.”