upon a tawny white ground between each of its eight radii, and underneath the sacred name, in dark blue silk. German, late 15th century. 1 foot 7-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches; 7 inches by 3-1/4 inches.
Like several other examples of the same kind to be found in this
collection, and wrought for the same liturgical purposes.
8685.
Piece of Raised Velvet, dark blue; pattern, one of the several varieties of the pomegranate. Italian, 16th century. 1 foot 3-1/2 inches by 1 foot 3 inches.
Rich neither in material nor design, this velvet may have been
wrought not for ecclesiastical but personal use.
8686.
Piece of Silk Damask, purple; pattern, the pomegranate. Italian. 2 feet 5 inches by 11-3/4 inches.
Like the preceding, meant for personal use, but exhibiting a much
more elaborate design, and the variety of the corn-flower (centaurea)
springing forth all round the pomegranate, which itself grows out of a
fleur-de-lìs crown.
8687.
Piece of Embroidery, on canvas; ground, figured with St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. Rhenish, 16th century. 1 foot 4 inches square.
To the left is seen St. John the Baptist, clothed in a long garment
of camel-hair and his loins girt with a light-blue girdle, preaching
in the wilderness on the banks of the Jordan. In his left hand he holds
a clasped book, upon which rests the "Lamb of God," and just over, a
flag, the white field of which is ensigned with a red cross; his upraised
right hand, with the first two fingers elevated as in the act of blessing,
