CHAPTER VI.

SILVER TEXTURES, ETC., OF THE ANCIENTS.

EXTREME BEAUTY OF THESE MANUFACTURES.

Magnificent dress worn by Herod Agrippa, mentioned in Acts xii. 21--Josephus’s account of this dress, and dreadful death of Herod--Discovery of ancient Piece-goods--Beautiful manuscript of Theodolphus, Bishop of Orleans, who lived in the ninth century--Extraordinary beauty of Indian, Chinese, Egyptian, and other manufactured goods preserved in this manuscript--Egyptian arts--Wise regulations of the Egyptians in relation to the arts--Late discoveries in Egypt by the Prussian hierologist, Dr. Lepsius--Cloth of glass 93