Report on the Textiles from Burgos Cathedral - Middelalder Centret

yellow weft thread and 1 shuttling with two blue
threads. Then there is a 5 cm wide break before the
next pattern of stripes. This pattern consists of 3
stripes with a different combination of colors. The
first stripe is yellow/blue in the centre, then there is
a red/white centered stripe, and at the end there is a
Yellow/blue stripe again. The third set of stripes has
the same combination of colors as the first.
Fig. 10
No 651983
From unidentified grave in the monastery Santa
María la Real de Huelgas, Burgos.
Material: silk.
Band with frilled edges. Length: 147 cm, with: 18
cm. The bands color is today dull brownish yellow.
There is a longitudinal crease in the middle. The
band is in gauze-quality, with edges made with
thicker warp threads ca 0, 8-1 cm. in width from
each selvedge. The edges are pleated. There is no
ribbon sewn along the selvages of this band, and it
is not decorated.
Fig. 11
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Fig. 11
No 651983.
Band with
frilled edges.
Length: 147
cm, with: 18
cm. Foto: Marianne
Vedeler.
Central part of the band:
Silk woven in tabby, z/z-spun, with 29-32/34 threads
pr cm in warp and weft. The thickness of the threads
is 0, 1-0, and 2 mm in both weaving directions.
Fig. 12
Edges: Silk woven in tabby, with double warp
threads and single weft threads. There are 24 double
warp threads and 34 single weft threads pr. cm. The
thickness of the threads is 0, 1-0, 2 mm in both
weaving directions. The edges are pleated with sharp
fold, 0, 4 cm deep from bottom to top. There are
needle holes in the top of each fold, approximately
0, 4 cm from the selvedge. The distance between
the holes is 0, 5-0, 6 cm.
Fig. 13
No 651981
From unidentified grave in the monastery Santa
María la Real de Huelgas, Burgos.
Material: silk.
Simple golden silk band with a red stripe along one
selvedge. Made in z/z-spun tabby. Length: c. 140
cm, width: c. 11 cm. There is a longitudinal fold