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Series B :-— 
1. (a) Mutilated; (b) St. Andrew; (c) St. James the Less: 
2. (a) Mutilated; (b) St. Katherine; (c) St. Paul. 
3. (a) Saint, with long staff, mutilated; (b) St. Katherine ; 
(c) St. Bartholomew. 
4. (a) Mutilated; (b) A deacon holding two swords in his 
left hand and a heart in hisright. This is a very unusual 
figure, and it is uncertain which saint is here depicted ; 
(c) St. Appolonia, holding a large tooth. 
Among the pieces cut off these are the head of a prophet, ap- 
parently from 1 (a) ; and the heads of two apostles, probably from 
3 (a) and 4 (a). 
The strips are arranged in the following order: B 1, B 2, A 1— 
4, B 3, B 4. The end strips are made up of pieces from both 
series, sewn in anyhow, some the right way up, others upside down 
or sideways. ‘The two figures of St. Katherine, though they differ 
in the arrangement of the colours, have obviously been copied from 
one and the same pattern. The duplication of the figures of St. 
Katherine and Moses is further proof that the orphreys are those 
of a pair of tunicles. 
All the figures are represented standing on a pavement, and with 
a gold background. A good deal of gold is also used in the dresses. 
The canopies have clumsy side shafts, and are worked in various 
shades of yellow silk, with the groining in blue silk. 
The whole is undoubtedly of English work, of the last quarter 
of the 15th century, or perhaps a little later. 
The pieee of work from Hullavington! consists of a square of 
dun-coloured silk, measuring 3ft. 7in. each way, with applied 
ornaments in embroidery. The most important of these is a cross- 
shaped piece occupying the centre. It bears a representation of 
Our Lord crucified, with the Holy Dove in a circular panel above, 
and on either side an angel catching in a chalice the blood dropping 
1A collotype illustration of this is given in Proceedings of Society of 
Antiquaries, Dec, 8th, 1898. 
