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Saints de chœurs, tapisseries du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance

tapestries from Middle Age and Renaissance
From january 29 to april 30 2005
Tapestries, carpets, textiles
The exhibit focuses on the traditional use of luxurious materials to ornament the churches of Rome and of Constantinople from the beginnings of Christianity.The themes developed in some fifteen rare tapestries, from the Middle Ages and the beginning of the XVIth century, are the Old Testament, the life of Jesus and the Virgin, the lives of the Saints.

Musée de Normandie

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14000 Caen - France

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Hours :
Horaire(s) d'ouverturefrom 9:30 am to 6 pm
Tuesday
New Year`s Day, Easter, Labour day (May, 1st), Ascension Day ( in May), All Saints`Day (November, 1st), Christmas Day
Admission :
Admission fee : 1.55 €
Concessions : 0.7 € Adult groups, Students, Families
Free : Unemployed, Sunday, Teachers, Under 18, School children, Museum friends
Pass : 4.7 € Museum & exhibitions
Tapestry