List of all exhibits. Click on one of them to go to the exhibit page. The topics allow exhibits to be selected by their concept categories. On the right, you can choose the settings of the list view.
The list below shows links between exhibits in a non-standard way. The points denote the exhibits and the connecting lines are connections between them, according to the selected categories.
Enter the end dates in the windows in order to set the period you are interested in on the timeline.
- Date of production 2nd half of 16th century
- Place of creation Poland
- Dimensions length: front and back: 107 cm, width: back: 70 cm; front — 68 cm; collar: 36,5 cm
- ID no. MN-DK/17/2
- Museum The Museum of Niepołomice — the Niepołomice Royal Castle
- Subjects religion, clothing
- Technique brocading, embroidery, lancé weave
- Material satin, metal threads
- Founder Jan Branicki
- Object copyright The Roman Catholic Church of Ten Thousand Martyrs in Niepołomice
- Digital images copyright public domain
- Digitalizacja RDW MIC, Małopolska’s Virtual Museums project
- Tags Renaissance , liturgy , church , priest , 3D , craft , clothing , baronage , fabric , Catholicism , sacred art , ornamental techniques , public domain
The chasuble evolved from a Roman outer garment, which was a kind of sleeveless coat with only one small hole for the head. The chasuble was worn during all priestly acts. Beginning in the 13th century, the chasuble began to be shortened on the sides, so that it would not constrict hand movement, until the 17th century, when only two sheets of fabric remained: front and back. At the same time, the chasuble came to be decorated with increasingly rich embroidery.
more The chasuble evolved from a Roman outer garment, which was a kind of sleeveless coat with only one small hole for the head. The chasuble was worn during all priestly acts. Beginning in the 13th century, the chasuble began to be shortened on the sides, so that it would not constrict hand movement, until the 17th century, when only two sheets of fabric remained: front and back. At the same time, the chasuble came to be decorated with increasingly rich embroidery.
A cross sign was usually embroidered on the priest’s back – a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice at the cross and the burden of God’s service. Currently, there is a return to the chasuble as a more voluminous garment, characterized by simplicity and aesthetic appearance. Due to the fact that the chasuble should be worn over other clothes, it was always considered a symbol of love overwhelming other sins.
The chasuble from the presented set of vestments was made of red silk satin with a damask effect, a floral pattern brocaded with a gold thread all over the material, and a sub-ornament. The column at the front is 21 cm wide and 69.5 cm high and has a repeated embroidered floral pattern, and the column at the back is 99.5 cm high and 21.5 cm wide. The columns and bands on the shoulders are made of smooth red satin, which is of a different shade than the satin from the sides of the chasuble, with layered, textured embroidery, and additionally, the columns are trimmed with a thin embroidered border and finished with a thin gold string. The sides of the column and embroidery on the shoulders are additionally decorated with a gold 3.3 cm wide border with a geometric pattern. The same border adorns the incision for the head. The whole chasuble was also trimmed with a thin 1.5 cm wide border. The chasuble is lined with a red cotton fabric (the same as the cope and the rest of the set).
The set of liturgical vestments can be seen at the permanent exhibition at the Museum of Niepołomice.
Elaborated by the Museum in Niepołomice – Royal Castle in Niepołomice, © all rights reserved
Recent comments