1media/germany and austria pt 2_thumb.jpeg2022-11-16T09:54:29-08:00Elizabeth Griffith88d5cade55b1586c8abf308311a3248c872ba89c394472Circled is the country of Germany where the Miter would have been constructed and then sent to Austria.plain2022-11-21T21:13:00-08:00PeterHermesFurianGetty Images/iStockphotoAustria, political map, with the capital Vienna, nine federated states and their capitals. With borders and the neighbor countries. English labeling. Illustration. Vector.Elizabeth Griffith88d5cade55b1586c8abf308311a3248c872ba89c
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1media/the-doges-palace-venice-italy.jpg2022-06-16T12:29:11-07:00Where did this go?9plain2022-11-21T22:05:06-08:00The Miter moved around quite a bit throughout time. With its creation in Germany and its finer textile silks coming from the Middle East, it is crucial to understand that its composition differs from its resting places. After the construction of the Miter, the creators sent this religious piece to the Abbey church of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Peter, where the current abbots of the church would wear it. The Miter spent time at this church and served as an important religious relic that emphasized power and prestige in the church. Abbots and possible visiting religious figures wearing this Miter, and vestments that would go along with this piece, would be considered highly paramount in the church and deserved attention and following. After its many years being a critical artifact and textile for the Abbey Church in Salzburg, Austria, in 1933, the owners and leaders of the church sold the provenance and collection of religious materials to Adolfo Loewi. Loewi was a German and Jewish art dealer specializing in materials and put the work he collected, including this Miter, in a gallery in Venice. After five years of ownership, Loewi ended up selling the pieces to the MFA in 1938, where the Miter is located today and is stored with its companion textile collections. Many of the other remaining vestments from this church can be found in other museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Abegg Stiftung museum.
