TAA i.3.30.1.recto

                                Textiles

I notice in the Journal "Embroidery" (G.W. Wolleston, 

Heraldic Embroidery, March 1933) an illustration 

and mention of an eucharistic vestment called 

"the maniple". The existence of this vestment 

I was ignorant. Apparently it comprises a narrow 

strip of embroidered material, about three feet 

in length, attached or hung from the left 

arm. It seems to be essentially a "mass 

vestment", and is said to be derived from a 

handkerchief or napkin. The reason I 

mention this is because I found similar 

articles of apparel, of coloured woven linen, 

I now believe vestments, in the tomb of Tut-ankh-

Amen. I believed them to have been scarves, 

but since I find no record of neck-wear, such as 

a scarf, among the ancient Egyptian mummies, 

other than scarf or sash worn baldric-wise 

for which these specimens seems^sic too small, I am 

now inclined to believe them, as they were found