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сонрlе of matched animals strutting up to each other on either side, this pattern owcs its oгigin to the old tradition of the decoгative motive usual in Persia and in Byzan­ tium, the Tree of Lif�, or Ho1·u. The origin of patterns does not come within онr scope, and has been excellently treated in the various books of Lewis Day, and other ,vriters on this subject. Textiles of Italian manufacture may Ье seen repre­ sented in the paintings of the old masters: Orcagna, Francia, Crivelli, and others, who delighted in the ren­ dering of rich stuffs; latel', they abound in the creations of Veronese a11d Titian. А "favourite Italian vege­ taЫe," as Dг.Rock quaintly expresses it, is the arti­ choke, which, often, set in oval forms, is either outlined or worked solidly in the fаЬгiс. Almeria was а rich city in the thirteenth century, noted for its textiles. А l1istorian of that period writes: '' Christians of all 11ations саше to its port to buy and to sell. From thence ...they travelled to othcr parts of the interior of the couпtry, where they loadcd theiг vessels with such goods as they wanted. Costly silken robes of the brightest colours are manufactured in Al­ meria." Granada ,vas faшous too, а little later, fог its silks and woven goods. About 1562 Navagiero wrote: "All sorts of clotl1 and silks are made there: the silks шаdе at Gгanada are шuch esteemed all over Spain; they are not so good as those that come from Italy. ТЬеrс arc several looms, but thcy do not yet know ho,v to work them ,vell. They make good taffctas, sarcenet,