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TEXTILE PRINTING
Plate I.

Fig. 1.—Linen, dyed blue, the “reserved” parts represent the Annunciation; above the reclining figure of the Virgin Mary is the word MAPIA. Coptic, probably 5th or 6th century. 13 in. × 2 ft. 5 in.


Fig. 2.—Child's Tunic of linen dyed blue, the pattern being “reserved” Coptic, 4th century (?). 181/4 m. × 231/2 in.


Fig. 3.—Piece of red silk, printed in red, green, and black from wood blocks, with a repeating pattern of black circles or rounds containing pairs of animals and dragons; floriated crosses in the interspaces. Rhenish, 12th or 13th century. 153/4 in. × 12 3/4 in.


Fig. 4.—Piece of red silk, printed in black from wood blocks, with a trellis pattern enclosing pairs of birds and anthemions. Rhenish, 13111 or 14th century. 81/8 in. × 133/4 in.


Fig. 5.—Piece of linen. printed in black from a wood block, with a pattern composed of repetitions of at lady on a turret, leafy sprays, a hound, and a bird on the wing. Rhenish, 14th century. 91/2 m. × 193/4 in.


Fig. 6.—Strip of linen printed in deep purple from a wood block, with at repeating pattern of eagles and conventional leaf and fruit forms. Rhenish. 14th or early 15th century. 201/4 in. × 61/2 in.