Contents of the Introduction.

[Section I.—Textiles.]

The Geography of the Raw Materials.

[Wool],x.
[Cotton],xiii.
[Hemp],xiii.
[Flax],xiii.
[Silk],xvi.
[Gold],xxv.
[Cloth of Gold],xxv.
[Tissue],xxxi.
[Silver],xxxiii.
[Wire-drawing],xxxiii.
[Gold thread],xxxiv.
Silks had various Names:
[ Holosericum,]xxxvii.
[ Subsericum,]xxxvii.
[ Examitum,]xxxvii.
[ Xamitum,]xxxvii.
[ Samit,]xxxvii.
[Ciclatoun,]xxxix.
[Cendal,]xl.
[Taffeta,]xli.
[Sarcenet,]xlii.
[Satin,]xlii.
[Cadas,]xliii.
[Camoca,]xliv.
[Cloth of Tars,]xliv.
[Velvet,]xlv.
[Diaper,]xlvi.
[Chrysoclavus,]xlix.
[Stauracin,]l.
[Polystauron,]l.
[Gammadion,]l.
[De quadrapolo,]li.
[De octapolo,]li.
[De fundato,]liii.
[Stragulatae,]liv.
[Imperial,]lv.
[Baudekin,]lvi.
[Cloth of Pall,]lviii.
[Lettered silks,]lix.
[The Eagle,]lxi.
Styles of Silks.
[Chinese,]lxiii.
[Persian,]lxiii.
[Byzantine,]lxiv.
[Oriental,]lxv.
[Syrian,]lxv.
[Saracenic,]lxvi.
[Moresco-Spanish,]lxvi.
Places weaving Textiles.
[Sicily,]lxvii.
[Lucca,]lxxi.
[Genoa,]lxxii.
[Venice,]lxxiii.
[Florence,]lxxv.
[Milan,]lxxvi.
[Great Britain,]lxxvi.
[Ireland,]lxxix.
[Flanders,]lxxix.
[France,]lxxx.
[Cologne,]lxxxi.
[Acca or Acre,]lxxxiii.
[Buckram,]lxxxv.
[Burdalisaunder,]lxxxv.
[Fustian,]lxxxvi.
[Muslin,]lxxxvii.
[Cloth of Areste,]lxxxvii.
Silks distinguished through their Colours
and shades of Colour.
[Cloth of Tars,]lxxxix.
[Indicus, or sky-blue,]xc.
[Murrey,]xc.
[Changeable, or shot,]xci.
[Marble,]xci.
[Section II.—Embroidery.]
[Of the Egyptians,]xcii.
[Of the Israelites,]xcii.
[Of the Greeks and Latins, or Phrygionic,]xciii.
[Opus plumarium, or feather-stitch,]xcv.
[Opus pulvinarium, or cushion-style,]xcvi.
[Opus pectineum, or comb-drawn,]xcvi.
[Opus Anglicum, or English work,]xcviii.
[Opus consutum, or cut work,]cii.
[Accessories of gold and silver,]civ;
[glass,]cv;
[enamel,]cv.
[Diapering,]cviii.
[Thread embroidery,]cix.
[Quilting,]cx.
[Section III.—Tapestry.]
[Egyptian,]cx.
[Asiatic,]cxi.
[English,]cxi.
[Flemish,]cxii.
[Arras,]cxii.
[Saracenic,]cxii.
[Imitated Tapestry—“stayned cloth,”]cxiv.
[Carpets,]cxv.
[Section IV.]
Usefulness of the Collection
[To the Historian,]cxvi.
[The miscalled Bayeux Tapestry,]cxvi.
[Section V.—Liturgy.]
[Liturgical rarities,]cxxiii.
[Section VI.]
Usefulness of the Collection to
[Artists,]cxxx.
[Manufacturers,]cxxx.
[Section VII.]
[Symbolism,]cxxxv.
[The Gammadion,]cxxxvii.
[Vow of the Swan, the Peacock, &c.,]cxli.
[Section VIII.]
Usefulness of the Collection
[To Literature and Languages,]clii.
[The Cyrillian alphabet,]clii.
[ Section IX.—Heraldry.]
[Armorial bearings worked upon vestments,]cliii.
[ The Scrope and Grosvenor claims for
the bend or on a field azure,]
cliii.
[Case of the Countess of Salisbury,]clv.
[Case of the Earl of Surrey,]clv.
[Section X.—Botany and Zoology.]
[The giraffe,]clvi.
[The pheasant,]clvi.
[The cheetah,]clvi.
[The hom,]clvii.
[The pine-apple,]clix.
[The artichoke,]clix.
[The passion-flower,]clx.