Plate XCIV · Stoffe
Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plateLeft: BYZANTINE FABRIC in red, yellow, green, blue and white silk, with a beast hunt (7th-8th cent.) - Museo Sacro Vat., Treasure of the Sancta Sanctorum. Above right: FABRIC FROM ASIA MINOR (Iran?) in white, green, orange, purple, grey and cream silk, with lions (8th-9th cent.). Note the galloons (periclysin da chysoclavo or «de fundato») - Museo Sacro Vat., Treasure of the Sancta Sanctorum. Below right: GOLD BROCADE with decorative motifs of the Chinese type. Detail of the dalmatic found in the tomb of Benedict XI (d. 1304) - Perugia, church of S. Domenico.


