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 298 ENGLISH MEDIEVAL EMBROIDERY to in the will of Ralph Neville, which shews that appliquee was the general practice. " Item dedit Priori unum lectum de nigro Syndone cum eisdem armis insu- tis, cum cortinis et plmnaribus et plu- ribus laneis nigris tapeciis." The sym- bolism of the figure itself is very dis- tinctly described in the following verses from the first chap- ter of the Prophet Ezekiel : " And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their ap- pearance ; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet ; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot : and they sparkled like the colour Forest Hill, Ox
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