embroidered velvet, 1480-1510, English; Red, seraphs bells, orphrey prophets saintsRed silk velvet, with embroidered pillar orphreys and ornaments. On the orphreys are figures under architectural canopies surmounted by a white rose with a yellow fleur-de-lys. On the front orphrey from top down are St. Andrew, an Old Testament prophet, St Paul. On the back orphrey are St Paul and two prophets. The ornaments on the body of the vestment consist of floral devices with the addition on the back of seraphim standing on wheels and carrying scrolls with the inscription "Da Gloriam Deo" (almost worn away), and two bells (probably a rebus).
The dalmatic in its current form has been altered, either from a straight-sided dalmatic, or a chasuble. the fringe and green braid are later in date than the embroidery.