where weave patterns match in historic- canvases and a textile fragment

Textile fragments found in the deanery of the Abbey of Sint Truiden in Belgium, were dated early 16th century.

“Authenticated bones were wrapped up in textile fragments and were seen as Benedictine treasures of the Meuse region.”

Published in “Stof uit de kist” ISBN 90-6831-338-X D. 1991/0602/16

The pattern of one of the fragments has the same pattern as those in the canvas of El Greco ‘s “Vision of Saint John”(1608-14) and in Velázquez’s “Adoration of the Magi” (1619)