MITRE
From a photograph by Father Joseph Braun. S. J., by kind permission. Fig. 5.—German Mitre, of red velvet embroidered with pearls and silver gilt plaques. 15th century. In the cathedral at Halberstadt. |
Fig. 6.—Mitre (restored) of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (d. 1404), preserved at New College, Oxford. |
Fig. 7.—Flemish Mitre, embroidered in gold thread, and the panels in colours, with figures of the Virgin and St. Augustine. The other side is similar, with figures of St. Leonard and St. Mary Magdalene. It is dated 1592, repaired in 1766. In the Victoria and Albert Museum. |