Fragment with musicians, 1200s. Spain, probably Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas weave with areas of double cloth; overall: 16.8 x 14 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.); mounted: 27.3 x 24.1 cm (10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.). The repeating pattern features female musicians playing tambourines. They wear long blue and blue-green robes in alternate rows. A lamp hangs between them, suggesting an evening setting. Traces of their black hair peek out from under red headdresses. This textile, along with several other fragments, was found within the pages of a Christian manuscript in the Cathedral of Vich, near Barcelona in northeastern Spain.

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Fragment with musicians, 1200s. Spain, probably Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas weave with areas of double cloth; overall: 16.8 x 14 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.); mounted: 27.3 x 24.1 cm (10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.). The repeating pattern features female musicians playing tambourines. They wear long blue and blue-green robes in alternate rows. A lamp hangs between them, suggesting an evening setting. Traces of their black hair peek out from under red headdresses. This textile, along with several other fragments, was found within the pages of a Christian manuscript in the Cathedral of Vich, near Barcelona in northeastern Spain.

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