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 THE arcijacological founial. DECEMBER, 1847. ENGLISH MEDIEVAL EMBROIDERY. SECTION THE SECOND. BEHEADING OF ST. PADL. ALTAR CLOTH, STEEPLE ASTON. It is most probable that the embroidery used in the south of Europe was in great measure furnished at an early period by artists in the east, since the oldest specimens now in exist- ence bear evident marks of an Oriental or Greek character. Thus the imperial dalmatic preserved in the treasury of St. Peter at Rome, called also the cope of St. Leo, (Leo III., 795 — 81 G,) is clearly, if we may judge from its representa- tions, a work of the Byzantine school. VOJ,. IV. p p