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Nestorian monks bring silkworm eggs to Justinian, engraving about 1595

Date: 1595s

Engraving by Karel van Mallery from the series The Introduction of the Silkworm, showing two monks, identified by the Met as Nestorians, presenting silkworm eggs to the emperor Justinian on horseback before a crowd of soldiers.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection (49.95.869(3))

Karel van Mallery · Public domain (Met Open Access).

Nestorian monks bring silkworm eggs to Justinian, engraving about 1595

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