''Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments'' refers to a 15th-century

cope The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A c ...

in the collection of the

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. It is part of the

church treasure A church treasure is the collection of historical art treasures belonging to a church, usually a monastery (monastery treasure), abbey, cathedral. Such "treasure" is usually held and displayed in the church's treasury or in a diocesan museum. Hist ...

from the Cathedral of Lausanne sent to

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after the Protestant conquest of Canton Vaud in 1536. The cope can be attributed to a master from the Netherlands in the circle of

Rogier van der Weyden Rogier van der Weyden () or Roger de la Pasture (1399 or 140018 June 1464) was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits. He was highly ...

and was probably executed in

Tournai Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Eurome ...

where van der Weyden had a workshop from 1432 onwards.

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] The piece pictured is the hood. It depicts the

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in the new tradition of the ''

Devotio Moderna Devotio Moderna (Latin; lit., Modern Devotion) was a movement for religious reform, calling for apostolic renewal through the rediscovery of genuine pious practices such as humility, obedience, and simplicity of life. It began in the late 14th-cen ...

'' that arose in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

in the fifteenth century. The embroidery uses one of the most expensive of the Tournai embroiders' techniques, the '' or nué (shaded gold)'' technique in which the juxtaposed gold threads are more or less closely covered by silk threads. A famous example of this kind of work is the '' Mantle of the Vestments of the Order of the Golden Fleece'' dating from around 1425–1450 and now at the Imperial Treasury, Vienna. The cope was commissioned by

Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont Jacques of Savoy (12 November 1450 – 30 January 1486) was Count of Romont and Lord of Vaud. Count of Romont and Lord of Vaud He was the 7th son of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan. The House of Savoy possessed the Lordship of Vaud ...

and presented by him to the

Bishop of Lausanne The Bishop of Lausanne (French: ''Évêque de Lausanne'') was a Prince-Bishop of the Holy Roman Empire (since 1011) and the Ordinary of the diocese of Lausanne, Switzerland (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lausannensis''). Bern secularized the bishopri ...

. The Coat of Arms of the Counts of Savoy is embroidered at the bottom and show that the work was made before 1478, the year Jacques of Savoy was admitted to the Order of the Golden Fleece, as it lacks the Collar of the Golden Fleece.Campbell & Van der Stock, pp.536-40

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Bibliography

Campbell, Lorne and Van der Stock, Jan. (ed.) ''Rogier van der Weyden: 1400–1464. Master of Passions''. Leuven: Davidsfonds, 2009. , ''pp.'' 370 - 418

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