page_title: Prato Cathedral Museum
section_title: Room 2: Sacred liturgical objects
hierarchical_section_title: Prato Cathedral Museum / Museum itinerary and works / Room 2: Sacred liturgical objects
caption_attribution_description: Museo dell'operta del duomo, prato, paliotto (XVI secolo)
context_page_description: The Cathedral museum of Prato, Italy was founded in 1967 in a few rooms of the Bishop's residence and in 1976 grew to include items from both the Cathedral of Saint Stephen and the diocesan territory.
context_section_description: The adjoining room contains items used during liturgical services among which are:
  four gradual illuminations: il Corale D (1429-1430) shows decoration made by Rossello di Jacopo Franchi e Matteo Torelli; il Corale C (1435) illuminated by Meo di Frosino, from Badia di San Fabiano; i Corali B e A (1501) works of Attavante Attavanti;
  Vestment of Saint Stephen (c.1590), in red velvet enriched with embroidered figures on a webbing of gold, donated to the Prato church by cardinal Alessandro de' Medici (later papa Leone XI);
  cope, chasuble and  antependium, embroidered, probably based on a design by Giovanni Maria Butteri;
  lavabo (1487), in light stone, by Lorenzo di Salvadore (perhaps based on a design by Giuliano da Sangallo), from the sacristy of the Chapel of the Cintola;
  monstrance (early 18th century), by Bernardo Holzmann, commissioned by Bardi di Vernio.
caption: 16th century antependium
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