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Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)

St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 44

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ttle leopards infront and three behind. His sandals also to be fretted with gold,each square containing a lion or leopard. Holinshed relates a curious incident of Henry 1. :— It is sayde that on a festival day King Henrie put on anembroidered robe of scarlet, the cape whereof being strayte, herente… … WILLIAM SAILING TO ENGLAND.

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