Textile, Medium: silk, metallic yarns (beaten gold on vellum, wrapped around silk core) Technique: plain compound weave, A fragment from a set of vestments found at the Cathedral of Lerida. A central band of eight-pointed stars enclosing rampant lions, separated by cross-shaped ornaments. Above, a band of pseudo-Kufic letters in white on gold ground. A narrow checked band below. In blue, pink, and yellow silk and gold metallic threads., Spain, 13th century, woven textiles, Textile

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