The Angel at the Tomb

(announcing that Jesus is not there)

Silk and metallic thread; .40 tcw aquamarine prong-set in silver; 10 coral beads, 43 freshwater pearls. Average 500 stitches per square inch.

22.5 x 17.5 cm

Adaptation from the Pericope Book of Heinrich II, made for Munich’s Bamberg cathedral,  ca 1007 CE

Anne Beversdorf, 2011