The amazing Cloth of Gold Vestments exhibition in the Medieval Museum, Waterford Museum of Treasures, City of Waterford, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
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5184 x 3456 px | 43.9 x 29.3 cm | 17.3 x 11.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
26 July 2016Location:
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"The Waterford set of cloth-of-gold vestments are now regarded as one of the great treasures of late medieval Europe. These vestments are a symbol of many things but essentially they represent the magnificence of the art that adorned the churches of late medieval Ireland. These vestments survived the 17th century wars of religion because they were buried in 1650 before the city fell to the army of the republican general, Oliver Cromwell. They were re-discovered 123 years later when the medieval cathedral was being demolished and were then gifted by the Church of Ireland bishop to his Catholic counterpart." Museum web site