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/ \ 14th & 15th Cen tury German Counted Thread Embroidery IX:

Fragment of a Reliąuary Bag. Sheet I of 3.

Copyright (c) 1994 Timothy J. Mitchell.

This sheet may be reproduced and reprinted as

long as the author is credited, and no fee is charged._

1.    This item is a badly damaged fragment of a much larg er piece. These three sheets contain the patterns that can be reconstructed from what remains.

2.    The piece is thought to have been originally used as a bag to hołd religious relics, and it comes from the Cathedral of Merzeburg, Germany.

3.    The interlaced border that connects the heraldic panels is composed of an outline of silk with a center of gilt strip (see A above). The gilt strip is used extensively throughout the piece. The sąuares inside the knots are filled as shown in B above.

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