Notes on Tiro Pieces of English Medieval Embroidery. 351 

 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 his right. 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 piece of work from Hullavington 1 consists of a square of 

 dun-coloured silk, measuring 3ft. Tin. eaoh 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 



1 A collotype illustration of this is given in Proceedings of Society of 

 Antiquaries, Dec. 8th, 1898. 



