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This information is from the book Wiltshire Collections by John Aubrey and John Jackson, published by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society* in 1862.

This text written by John Jackson, in the 1860s.

"Another object of antiquity which Aubrey might have noticed, is a very curious piece of mediaeval embroidery, originally a cope, now used as a pulpit cloth. On a brown satin ground are stitched various embellishments worked in gold and silver thread. In the centre is a representation of our Saviour on the Cross, with an angel on each side receiving the blood in a chalice. The rest is covered with figures of Saints, cherubim full of eyes, fleurs de lys, &c. [See Archaeol. Journal, I. 330.]"

(A cope is a long cloaklike vestment worn by a priest or bishop in ceremonies and processions.)

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Priests Cope

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* This book is no longer covered by copyright regulations. The Society are happy for information from the book to be copied, although ask that an acknowledgement to the Society is placed with the reproduction. (The copyright of any images from the book is owned by Mandy Ball so they are covered by copyright regulations - see our copyright conditions of use.) The Society can be contacted at: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire. Telephone: +44 (0)1380 727369.

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