8271.
Piece of Silk, with portions of the pattern in gold; ground, green, on which are parrots (?) and little dogs, amid a sprinkling of quatrefoils. Sicilian, beginning of 14th century. 10-1/2 inches by 4 inches.
8272.
Piece of Silk and Gold Tissue; ground, green; the pattern in gold seems to have been divided by bars, and consists of an interlaced knot, on which rest birds. Southern Spanish, early 14th century. 8-1/2 inches by 4-1/4 inches.
The knots in this piece are somewhat like our own Bouchier one;
but the four ends of the English badge are not shown in this Andalusian
ornament, perhaps meant to be really an heraldic charge peculiar
to Spanish blazon.
8273.
Piece of Silk; ground, lilac-purple; pattern, yellow, diapered with crescents, within the horns of which are two very small wyverns addorsed. Sicilian, late 13th century. 7-1/2 inches by 4-1/2 inches.
The design is so indistinct that it requires time to unpuzzle it.
8274.
Portion of an Orphrey, embroidered on parchment with glass, coral, gold beads, and seed pearls, having also small bosses and ornaments in silver-gilt. The ground is dark blue, on which is figured the B. V. Mary nimbed and crowned within an oblong aureole terminated by scrolls ending in trefoils and cinquefoils. Venetian, late 12th century.
