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1985.51.525

Scapulary, white cotton rectangle printed with image of the Virgin Mary, with a wool fabric back and a white cotton ribbon. [SM 25/02/2011]


1985.51.525

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Collection type
Object
Description
Scapulary, white cotton rectangle printed with image of the Virgin Mary, with a wool fabric back and a white cotton ribbon. [SM 25/02/2011]
Long description
Scapulary, white cotton rectangle printed with image of the Virgin Mary, with a wool fabric back and a white cotton ribbon with a small piece of black fabric stitched to it. The printed image and wool backing are stitched together around the edge with cross stitch in a peach coloured wool yarn. Underneath the image of Mary is the inscription "MARIA SSMA DEL CARMINE". [SM 25/02/2011]
Geographical reference
Rome Saint Peter's
Cultural groups
Italian
Person
Field collector Edward Lovett
PRM source Wellcome Institute
PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes
Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Ribbon Textile, Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Printed, Process Knotted
Dimensions
Width: max 48 mm, Length: max 190 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1985.51.525 Other numbers: Z A 162408 C AM lot 181

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Inscription