Tapestry of Creation, Museum, Girona Cathedral, Catalonia, Spain

Creation of the birds of the sky and fish of the sea, 5th day of creation, 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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11th Century Cataluna Color Image Couching Crab Decorative Arts Genesis Girona Iberian Peninsula Linen Needlework Old Testament Tapestry

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