Tapestry of Creation, Museum, Girona Cathedral, Catalonia

Christ Pantocrator as a young man blessing and holding bible inscribed Sanctus Deus, in medallion with Latin Genesis verse, detail from the Tapestry of Creation, or Girona Tapestry, a needlework panel narrating the Genesis creation of the world around Christ Pantocrator, and a monthly calendar, wool and linen thread on woollen fabric, Romanesque, 11th century, Catalan, in the Museum of the Cathedral of Girona, in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Blessing Cataluna Catedral Couched Couching Divine Genesis Girona Laid Linen Medallion Needlework Pantocrator Tapestry Word

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