Burse, 17th century, Spanish, silk; linen; metal, 11 x 11 in. (28 x 28 cm), Textiles-Ecclesiastical, A burse is a square pocketlike receptacle for the corporal, or the cloth used to cover the elements of the Eucharist. This example is decorated with appliquéd crosses of wide gilt-metal-thread tape and made of plain yellowish green silk cut velvet from seventeenth century Spain
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Burse, 17th century, Spanish, silk, linen, metal, 11 x 11, 28 28 cm, Textiles-Ecclesiastical, burse, square pocketlike, receptacle, corporal, cloth, cover, elements, Eucharist, example, decorated, appliquéd crosses, wide gilt-metal-thread, tape, plain yellowish, green, cut, velvet, seventeenth, Spain
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