The feathered bishop’s miter and infulae (liturgical headgear and lappets) of the Museo degli Argenti, Florence, are one of seven such sets of Catholic regalia known from Mexico, perhaps one of a group of miters made in the Michoacán area of Mexico that were taken to Spain in 1547 for delivery to Charles V, and for distribution among clergy (Figure 1).1 The Argenti miter is reported as having been presented by Charles V to Pope Clement VII.2 The closest parallel to the Argenti miter and infulae is the set that arrived at the Monastery of San Lorenzo de Escorial in 1576, part of a commission by Felipe II. The Argenti miter and infulae eventually became part of the collection of Ferdinando I de’ Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany.3 Corinna Tania Gallori reports that the miter of Argenti in Florence, along with the miters in...
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April 2019
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April 02 2019
Bishop’s Miter and Infulae, a Feathered Masterpiece from Museo degli Argenti in Florence
Ellen J. Pearlstein
1University of California, Los Angeles
Ellen J. Pearlstein—is a professor of information studies and conservation of archaeological and ethnographic materials at the University of California, Los Angeles. Formerly senior objects conservator at the Brooklyn Museum, she is a fellow of both the American and International Institutes for Conservation. She received the Keck award from the American Institute for Conservation.
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Ellen J. Pearlstein—is a professor of information studies and conservation of archaeological and ethnographic materials at the University of California, Los Angeles. Formerly senior objects conservator at the Brooklyn Museum, she is a fellow of both the American and International Institutes for Conservation. She received the Keck award from the American Institute for Conservation.
Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture (2019) 1 (2): 99–106.
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Ellen J. Pearlstein; Bishop’s Miter and Infulae, a Feathered Masterpiece from Museo degli Argenti in Florence. Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 2 April 2019; 1 (2): 99–106. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/lavc.2019.120007a
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