1233.
A stole; ground, very pale yellow silk; design, an interlacing strap-work in the greater part; for the expanding ends, a diamond in gold thread, with a fringe of silk knots alternately crimson and green; the lining, thin crimson silk. English or French, 13th century. 9 feet 9 inches by 1-3/4 inches in the narrow parts, and 2-1/2 inches in the expanded ends.
Another of those specimens of weaving in small looms worked by
young women in London and Paris, during the 13th century, which we
have met in this collection. As the expanded ends are formed of small
pieces of gold web they were wrought apart, and afterwards sewed on
to the crimson silk ground. The design of the narrow part has all along
its length, at its two edges, a pair of very small lines, now brown,
enclosing a dented ornament. As a liturgical appliance, this stole, for its
perfect state of preservation, is valuable; Dr. Bock says that a stole
called St. Bernhard's, now in the church of our Lady at Treves, as well
as another curious one in the former cathedral at Aschaffenburg, are
in length and breadth, just like this.
1234.
Tissue of Silk and Cotton; the warp, cotton; the woof, silk; ground, green; design, so imperfect that it can hardly be made out, but apparently a monster bird in yellow, lined and dotted in crimson; standing on a border of a yellow ground marked with crosses and mullets of four points. Syrian, late 12th century. 6-3/4 inches by 4-1/2 inches.
When perfect this stuff must have been somewhat garish, from its
colours being so bright and not well contrasted.
1235.
Tissue of Silk and Cotton; the warp, silks of different colours; the woof, fawn-coloured fine cotton; design, stripes, the broader ones charged with wild beasts,
