Star in the East

Blue Advent or White Christmas stole with Star of Bethlehem and an image of Saints and Scenes from the Life of the Virgin, by Master of Monte Oliveto ca. 1320.  This is a very wide stole, around 7″ wide.  It is available in longer or shorter lengths.

$100 – order

Star in the East Stole in Blue
Detail of Star in the East Stole in Blue
Detail of Star in the East Stole
Star in the East stole in white linen.

Image is from the image library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, used under Creative Commons 0 license,under their image reuse policy.   See the Met’s reuse policy here.

Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star in the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

by Reginald Heber, 1811.