FIGURE 1 Cover of The New Yorker, July 15, 1944, depicting the events of World War II. Original artwork by Rea Irvin. © Condé Nast Publications.
FIGURE 2 First manuscript folio page of The Song of Roland, ms. Digby 23, fol. 1r. © The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
FIGURE 3 Frontal portrait of Emperor Otto III, 980 1002 A.D. Munchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4453, fol. 24r. © Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
FIGURE 4 Mosaic showing silks in Theodoric’s Palace, Cathedral of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, sixth century, A.D., Ravenna. © Scala/Art Resource, N.Y
FIGURE 5 Gunther silk, showing procession of Byzantine emperor.
© Diözesanmuseum, Bamberg Germany.
FIGURE 6 Lion silk, c. 976–c. 1025.
© Diözesanmuseum, Cologne.
FIGURE 7 Elephant silk, Paris, France. Hervé Lewandowski © Louvre/Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, N.Y.
FIGURE 8 Griffin silk, Cathedral Treasury, Sion, Switzerland. School of World Art Studies Photographic Collection, © University of East Anglia.
FIGURE 9 Silk sacks, numbers 15 and 32, used to hold seals, Canterbury, eleventh century. Reproduced with permission from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.