If you look at this embroidered panel in isolation it is very likely that you would assume that it depicts the blue gowned Virgin Mary riding on a donkey along with her husband Joseph. But this panel is on the Bourne Casket where the rest of the panels depict the story of Abraham, Isaac and Rebecca. Go to the Bourne Casket page and decide what you think. Was this a hidden message to fellow Catholics at a troublesome time?
Embroidered Past 