with a conventional artichoke in yellow silk mixed with gold thread, and edged with a green and white border. Spanish, early 16th century. 17 inches by 15-1/2 inches.
As a furniture-stuff, this must have been very effective; and from
the under side being thickly plastered with strong glue, the last service
of the present piece would seem to have been for the decoration of the
wall of some room.
1265.
Silk Damask; ground, deep blue, or violet; design, a sprinkling of small stars and rows of large angels, some issuing from clouds and swinging thuribles in the left hand, others kneeling in worship with uplifted hands, bearing crowns of thorns, and the last row kneeling and holding up before them a cross of the Latin shape. Florentine, late 14th century. 21-1/2 inches by 13 inches.
From its form this piece seems to have been cut off from a chasuble;
and the stuff itself, it is likely, was woven expressly for the purple vestments
worn in Lent, and more particularly during Passion time. At
No. 7072 another portion of the same damask is described.
1266.
Triangular Piece of Yellow Silk; ground, light yellow; design, a netting filled in with eight-petaled roses and circles enclosing other flowers, all in white. Greek, 14th century. 9-1/2 inches.
Lined as it is with stout blue canvas, this piece may have been in
liturgical use, and, in all likelihood, served as the hood to some boy-bishop's
cope.
About the boy-bishop himself and his functions, according to our old Salisbury Rite, see "Church of Our Fathers," t. iv. p. 215.
