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Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk, linen and ebony
Measurements
1450 x 900 mm
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Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
NT 232547
Summary
A processional passover banner in silk and gold thread with seven tassels, depicting Christ in a gothic canoped niche with four angels. Inscription in Latin - 'pascha nostri immolatus est Chrisus itaque epulemur' (Christ our passover is sacrificed for us, let us keep the feast). Supported on ebonized pole with brass and copper fittings.
Provenance
Acquired with the estate in 1946 from the Trustees of the 9th Duke of Newcastle