The cuff, or the epimanikion, is an accessory to the sticharion, designed to hold its wide sleeves so as not to hinder the priest's movements during religious services. Initially worn only by the patriarch, then by bishops (starting from the 17th century), the cuffs symbolize the bonds that Jesus Christ wore during his passion.

The oldest cuff pair from the Putna Monastery dates back to the 15th century. One is embroidered with a representation of the Virgin Mary on a green silk background adorned with flowers made of pearls and precious stones. The Archangel Gabriel is represented on the other cuff, depicted in movement, on the same silk background. The clothes of the two figures are carefully embroidered, their margins, along with the halos, being bordered with pearls.

The Annunciation is represented on another cuff, which also dates back to the 15th century. The layout includes, against a schematized architectural background, a representation of the Holy Archangel Gabriel kneeling with a lily in hand in front of the Virgin Mary. The Mother of God is represented standing, accepting God’s will obediently and humbly.

The halos of the figures are bordered with small pearls with irregular outlines. The whole composition is bordered with gold, silver, and silk threads, in perfect chromatic harmony.

The face of the Mother of God depicted here is identical to that of the Virgin represented on an epitrachelion kept at the Athonite Iviron Monastery. Moreover, the face of Saint Anne from the icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God, as well as the faces of all the other characters depicted on the icons of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, the Baptism of the Lord and the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple on the said epitrachelion imitate to the point of identity the face of the Virgin Mary embroidered on the Putna cuff. If, in the previous cases, the Putna pieces were faithful copies of other embroideries, in the present case, this cuff completes the series of a family of pieces produced by a single artist or workshop.