“In allusion to lettered garments, Ausonius thus celebrates Sabina, of whom we otherwise know nothing:—
“‘They who both webs and verses weave,
The first to thee, oh chaste Minerva, leave;
The latter to the Muses they devote.
To me, Sabina, it appears a sin
To separate two things so near akin;
So I have writ these verses on my coat.’”
See Lady Wilton on “Needlework,” p. 53.
[266] Birdwood, “Indian Arts,” p. 274.
[267] Yates, “Textrinum Antiquorum,” p. 244; Tegrini, “Vita Castruccii,” in Muratore, “Ital. Script.,” t. xi. p. 1320.
[268] Riano, “Cat. of Loan Exhibition of Spanish Art in South Kensington Museum,” 1882, p. 46.
[269] In Hoveden’s account of the fleet of Richard I. coasting the shores of Spain, he speaks of the delicate and valuable textures of the silks of Almeria. Rog. Hoveden, Ann., ed. Savile, p. 382. Rock, p. xx.
[270] Bock, pp. 39, 40, quotes from Anastasius and the Abbot of Fontenelle, proving that silken rugs were manufactured in Spain by the Moors.
[271] Auberville, “Histoire des Tissus,” p. 14.
[272] Yule’s “Marco Polo,” p. 224. “Baudakin” from Baghdad, “damask” from Damascus. “Baudakin” was woven with beasts, birds, and flowers in gold.