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The Ebstorf Cloth was an embroidery of the Mystic Hunt made by a nun in Ebstorf Covent in Germany in 1475. The embroidery was used as an altar cloth, in particular to hold the Missal during Mass. The visual and theological density of the Mystic Hunt allegory—in which the Annunciation is staged as a unicorn hunt—is a fitting analogy for the experience of enclosed life. Contemporary monastic reform and construction at Ebstorf reinforced enclosure, bringing new nuances to the nun’s understanding of the Virgin in the gated garden motif. The pair of Virgin Mary and Gabriel also emphasize the mutability priest and nun during the aural exchange of the Mass, in which nun’s works of art and music served an integral role in the Eucharistic Liturgy. |
