s one of the most beautiful among
the several liturgical vestments of the olden period anywhere to be
now found in Christendom. If by all lovers of mediaeval antiquity it
will be looked upon as so valuable a specimen of art of its kind and
time, for every Englishman it ought to have a double interest,
showing, as it does, such a splendid and instructive example of the
opus 'Anglicum,' or English work, which won itself so wide a fame, and
was so eagerly sought after throughout the whole of Europe during the
Middle Ages."

Dr. Rock gives a list of the subjects. St. Michael overcoming Satan
(from Rev. xii. 7, 9). The next quatrefoil above this is filled with
the Crucifixion. Here the Blessed Virgin is arrayed in a green tunic,
and a golden mantle lined with vair; her head is kerchiefed, and her
uplifted hands sorrowfully clasped. St. John--whose dress is all of
gold--is on the left, at the foot of the cross, upon which the
Saviour, wrought all in silver--a most unusual thing--with a cloth of
gold wrapped about His loins, is fastened by three (not four)
nails.... In the highest quatrefoil is figured the Redeemer in glory,
crowned as a king, and seated on a cushioned throne. Resting upon His
knee and steadied by His hand is the Mund, or ball representing the
earth.... This is divided into three parts, of which the largest, an
upper horizontal hemicycle, is coloured crimson (now faded to a
brownish tint), but the lower hemicycle is divided vertically in two,
of which one portion is coloured green, and the other white or
silvered....

The next two subjects to be described are--one on the right hand, the
death of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the other, on the left, her
burial....

Below the burial we have our Lord in the garden, signified by two
trees; still wearing the crown of thorns; our Lord in His left hand
holds the banner of the Resurrection, and with His right bestows His
benediction on the kneeling Magdalene, who is wimpled, and wears a
mantle of green, shot yellow, over a light purple tunic.

Below, but outside the quatrefoil, is a layman clad in gold, upon his
knees, and holding a long, narrow scroll bearing words which cannot
now be satisfactorily read.

Lowermost of all we see the Apostle St. Philip, with a book in one
hand, in the other the flaying knife.

A little above him St. Peter, with his two keys, one gold, the other
silver; and somewhat under him is St. Andrew with his cross. On the
other side of St.