One of the best things we saw yesterday was the so-called Othery Cope, a late fifteenth-century cope which was discovered in 1897, wrapped up in tarred cloth under the pulpit at St. Mary’s, Othery, north of Langport, and embroidered with symbols of the Virgin:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Beautiful. And a useful reminder to get myself organised enough for a return visit to the V&A’s wonderful Opus Anglicanum before it finishes.
Yes, so must I. Charles