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Burse

Velvet kneeler (bottom right), embroidered burse (bottom centre), stole and maniple (top left)
© V & A Museum
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Velvet kneeler, embroidered burse, stole and maniple. © V & A Museum

The burse was used as a case to carry the corporal (the cloth on which the consecrated elements are placed during Mass). This finely-embroidered linen burse, which dates from the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century (c. 1370-1430), was made in England; both sides show the coronation of the Virgin, with Christ blessing her.