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Chapter XLI: Appendix: II

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INVENTORY OF ARTICLES TAKEN BY BRIGIDA SUEVA DI MONTEFELTRO, _ALIAS_ SISTER SERAFINA, INTO THE CONVENT OF CORPUS DOMINI

7 pair of sheets of spun silk striped with gold;
7 pair of napkins [_paniselli_], also of silk striped with gold;
1 fillet with stripes of silk and gold;
1 _trapisello_ of silk with a stripe of gold;
4 hoods of silk wrought with gold, one made up, the others not;
2 other caps, one of crimson velvet, the other green, both embroidered;
1 other napkin of silk striped with gold;
1 other _trapisello_ of silk wrought with satin;
1 other _trapisello_ of cambric damasked at the head;
4 crimson buttons mounted in gold for pillows;
1 reticule woven of gold and silk;
3 other bags wrought in silk and gold, and one with pearls;
1 cord of silver and silk with _mape_;
2 combs wrought in ivory;
2 pieces of brocade tissue, one white the other crimson, unmade up;
2 dog-collars, silver mounted;
2 silver salt-sellers;
4 trimmings of tissue;
1 pair of small crystal-handled knives;
3 pillow-slips of crimson silk;
1 pair white ditto, with silk buttons;
1 half pillow-slip, wrought in gold and untrimmed;
1 silk coverlet, with a stripe of gold in the middle;
1 half pillow-slip of silk untrimmed;
1 netted cap with several fringes of silk and gold;
1 _agnus Dei_ mounted in silver, with a little silver chain;
3 strings of coral beads, one plain, another alternating with gold;
1 pair of large linen table-cloths with stripes of silk and gold;
1 pair of thin sheets wrought with gold and silk;
1 bundle of napkins of German cambric [_renda le man_];
2 comfit-boxes of silk striped with gold;
2 napkins with stripes of gold and silk;
1 other bundle [_golupo_] of small towels of cambric [_reno_];
1 other bundle of _trapiselli de reno_;
1 black striped towel, used;
41 head-kerchiefs with black stripes, in a trunk;
1 table-cover in a trunk, and _oselati_ of black cotton;
8 head-kerchiefs in another trunk with black stripes;
8 hand-towels in _oselati_ with black stripes in one piece;
12 ditto in another piece;
2 towel-cases wrought with black stripes;
2 worked napkins;
6 trimmed tissues, one purple, one alessandrine, one green, one pied
[_bertina_] besides two old ones, to be given to Antonella and
Victoria;
1 purple brocaded dress;
1 small brocaded cloak, alessandrine coloured;
1 other crimson brocaded, which was unpicked and used as a lining for
the black brocaded dress;
1 dress of white embroidered cloth;
1 dress of green embroidered velvet, which, if she likes it, is to be
sent to my Lady;
1 dress of engrained black;
1 ditto of brown;
1 pied mantle, which, if it pleases my Lady, may be made an altar-cloth;
1 dress of purple damask, which, if she likes it, I shall give to
Antonia, daughter of Signor Orlandin;
1 lining of martin fur for a pair of large sleeves;
1 _conetoro da cima_ of crimson brocade lined in the back, and
another of crimson also lined in the back, and another old
alessandrine of ermine.

I give to Victoria de Monaldin a pair of used crimson brocade sleeves; to Francesco of Cagli, an old crimson damask petticoat; to Fra di Messer Benedicto, a little cloak of white damask, which I promised a good while since.

Another brown mantle [_camura_] I have given to my nurse.

Also two small towels striped with gold and silk, which our mother has asked of me for the altar.

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