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Ecclesiastical vestment of Metropolitan Neophytos of Nicomedia
(رداء كنسي لـمتروبوليتان نيوفيتوس من نيكوميديا)

Title	Ecclesiastical vestment of Metropolitan Neophytos of Nicomedia
Title Original	رداء كنسي لـمتروبوليتان نيوفيتوس من نيكوميديا
Publication Date:	Before 1629
Publication Place	- Benaki Museum
Subject	Silk, silver and metallic camouflage thread
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 139 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	9349
Record ID	object;EPM;gr;Mus21;8;ar
Library Location	Benaki Museum
Date	Before 1629
Notes	The piece is a rare example of church clothing made of serasar silk, which is the richest type of Ottoman silk, completely covered with silver threads and camouflaged threads. The loom's display design includes bands of Chinese clouds surrounding a large rosette resembling a sun disk. A document from 1629 from St. John's Monastery recorded the first type offering of the seras to make a priest's robe from the seras by Metropolitan Neophytos.
Sample Text	“Ecclesiastical robe of Metropolitan Neophytos of Nicomedia” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;8;ar

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Ecclesiastical vestment of Metropolitan Neophytos of Nicomedia

(رداء كنسي لـمتروبوليتان نيوفيتوس من نيكوميديا)

Publication Date Before 1629

Publication Place - Benaki Museum

Subject Silk, silver and metallic camouflage thread

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول : 139 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 9349

Record ID object;EPM;gr;Mus21;8;ar

Library Location Benaki Museum

Date Before 1629

Notes The piece is a rare example of church clothing made of serasar silk, which is the richest type of Ottoman silk, completely covered with silver threads and camouflaged threads. The loom's display design includes bands of Chinese clouds surrounding a large rosette resembling a sun disk. A document from 1629 from St. John's Monastery recorded the first type offering of the seras to make a priest's robe from the seras by Metropolitan Neophytos.

Sample Text “Ecclesiastical robe of Metropolitan Neophytos of Nicomedia” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;8;ar