epitaph

Japanese: epitaphios
epitaph

…In the Middle Period, the center of production shifted to Constantinople, where many religious items were produced. A distinctive feature of the later textiles is the epitaphios, a cloth used in the Good Friday ritual, famous for its lavish embroidery depicting the death of Christ, preserved in Ohrid and Thessaloniki (13th-14th centuries). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "epitaphios" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中期には制作の中心はコンスタンティノープルに移り,宗教的なものが多い。後期の染織品のうち特色のあるものはエピタフィオスepitaphiosである。これは聖金曜日の儀式に用いられる布で,キリストの死をあらわした豪華な刺繡でオフリトとテッサロニキに保存されているもの(13~14世紀)が有名である。…

※「epitaphios」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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