Tomb veils

The tomb veils were destined to adorn the tombstones and they were expressions of the cult for the ancestors, being made of the most expensive fabrics of bright Indian satins and brocades, decorated with vegetal or geometric stylistic motifs, woven with golden, silver and silk threads with borders bearing memorial inscriptions embroidered in just as precious threads. Cases in point are the tomb veils of Stephen the Great and his wife, Maria Voichita, at Putna. The most brilliant example of this category of embroideries, though not the only one, is the tomb veil of Maria of Mangop, at Putna. Putna Monastery houses the most important collection of tomb veils in Romania, encompassing all types of such fabrics.


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