8304.
Linen Towel, for use at the altar, with deep border embroidered in various coloured silk, with a geometrical pattern interspersed with small figures of birds. Beginning of 15th century. 3 feet by 1 foot 1 inch.
8305.
A Diaconal Stole, embroidered in linen thread and various-coloured silk, with a pattern somewhat like the "gammadion" ornaments, the ends of gold tissue, fringed with silk and linen. German, 14th century. 8 feet 8 inches by 2-3/4 inches.
For the distinction of the priest's and the deacon's stole, and the
manner in which either wears it in the celebration of the liturgy, see
Hierurgia, p. 434, 2nd edition.
8306.
Piece of Dark-brown raised Velvet and Gold Tissue; portion of the robe in which the Emperor Charles IV. was buried at Prague, as it is said. Italian, 14th century. 7 inches by 6-1/2 inches.
8307.
Linen Amice, with its "apparel" of crimson silk, to which are sewed small ornaments in silver and silver-*gilt. German, 15th century. 4 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 11 inches.
The example of linen in this amice will, for the student of mediæval
antiquities and manufactures, be of great service, showing, as it
does, what we are to understand was the kind of stuff meant by canvas
in old accounts which speak of that material so often as bought for mak-
