Amulet, a rectangular piece of textile, folded with the corners stitched together, containing folded paper printed with religious text and images. [ACA 11/07/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a rectangular piece of textile, folded with the corners stitched together, containing folded paper printed with religious text and images. [ACA 11/07/2012]
Long description: Amulet, a rectangular piece of textile, folded with the corners stitched together, containing folded paper printed with religious text and images. There is a lining of cardboard which stiffens the textile, there is also a pink and white striped loop for suspension. The outside of the white textile has been embroidered with a border of metal thread. The folded paper, which has been printed in black ink, has been stitched to the textile, therefore it is not possible to open the paper. However, on one side there is an image of a monstrance and on the other the following text in Latin and Spanish: "Et Dñus quidem Jesus postquam locutus est eis assumptus est is coel. & sedet á dextris Dei. Illi aut profecti praedicaverunt ubique Dño cooperante, & sermonem confir mante sequentibus signis. BARCELONA: Estamperi de Torras". [ACA 11/07/2012]
Geographical reference: Spain
Europe > Southern Europe > Spain; Barcelona
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Textile, Material Metal Wire, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched, Process Printed, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Width: max 40 mm with the paper, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 82 mm with the paper, Length: max 44 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.2119 Other numbers: 4227

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