I’ve updated the text for my Redwork Bible Bag page with a quote from an article in “Tournaments Illuminated” in my section “Embroidered Book Bag” Issue 174, Second Quarter, 2010:
In corresponding with Philippa Marks, Curator of Bookbindings and Early Printed Collections at the British Library, the following details about the bag were revealed:
Fabric: silk twill
Embroidery floss: silk
Design on the back of the bag: A repeat of the front design
Lining: none
Original color of the linen: tan
Finished size 9 3/4 x 7 inches
Embroidery method: stem stitch
16th Century German Costuming 