{"id":446,"date":"2021-02-04T17:17:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?p=446"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T10:32:03","slug":"bacton-altar-cloth-also-daffodils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-also-daffodils\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacton Altar Cloth: Also Daffodils?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-daffodils\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-daffodils\/\">previous post<\/a> about motifs 1, 58, and 61 on my <a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth\/\">map of the Bacton Altar Cloth<\/a> explained our thought that these were daffodils. As we studied the embroidery more we noticed two general rules that made us doubt the species identification:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Although motifs repeated, sometimes with slight variance in colouring, no species seemed to be represented by different shaped motifs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. While flowers might be exaggerated in size, both the flowers and the leaves seem to be fairly botanically accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/09flower-CWH01554-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/09flower-CWH01554-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"447\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=447\" class=\"wp-image-447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/09flower-CWH01554-crop.jpg 539w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/09flower-CWH01554-crop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/09flower-CWH01554-crop-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 85vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/22flower-CWH01565-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/22flower-CWH01565-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"448\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/22flower-CWH01565-crop.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=448\" class=\"wp-image-448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/22flower-CWH01565-crop.jpg 449w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/22flower-CWH01565-crop-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 85vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Motifs 9 and 22 of the Bacton Altar Cloth, species undetermined<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Motifs 9 and 22 show how different colours might be employed on matching flowers. Although they are not identical &#8211; the cut stem bends up on one and down on the other, and the petals of the bud are outlined slightly differently &#8211; the shape appears to be traced from the same pattern. The flower in motif 9 is worked mostly in blues, but 22 has portions in fuchsia. Motif 9 has bits of purple and green on the upper leaf and yellow in the lower leaf where 22 has instead white and yellow in the upper and blue in the lower. Identical source design; similar but distinct thread choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ascertain whether species repeat on the Bacton Altar Cloth, we must label every motif with a name; we&#8217;re working on that. But it seems that if you find a rose, and then another rose, the design will be the same for both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To explain the botanical accuracy of the leaves, I must start with a biology  lesson. Most plants are grouped into one of two broad categories: monocots or dicots. Monocots usually have leaves with parallel veins and flower parts in multiples of three, and dicots usually have leaves with branching veins and flower parts in multiples of four or five. There are other significant botanical differences having to do with the seeds, roots, and vascular systems but I doubt 16th century herbalists recognised these commonalities; embroiderers certainly weren&#8217;t trying to portray such nuances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding differences between monocots and dicots is easiest with images. Many monocots we grow in gardens sprout from bulbs: tulips, daffodils, irises, and lilies are all monocots. Grasses, including decorative species such as bamboo and pampas grass, are monocots, though they have branching root systems rather than bulbs. Few monocots reach great height, palm trees and banana plants being exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH03987.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH03987.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"449\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH03987.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=449\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH03987.jpg 744w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH03987-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20180401_160927-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20180401_160927-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"452\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20180401_160927-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=452\" class=\"wp-image-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20180401_160927-1.jpg 975w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20180401_160927-1-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20180401_160927-1-768x788.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Examples of monocots: tulips in &#8220;The Great Fountain Garden&#8221;  and daffodils in &#8220;The Wilderness&#8221; at Hampton Court Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dicots are even more common in our gardens and woodlands. Roses, daisies, grapes, peas, marigolds, foxgloves, columbines, and pansies are all dicots, just to name some species depicted on the Bacton Altar Cloth. Most woody trees and shrubs are dicots, except evergreens like pines and spruce; they don&#8217;t flower and are neither monocots or dicots. Dicot leaves have veins that branch in a variety of different patterns. Quite often there is a prominent central rib in the leaf with smaller veins splitting off from it. Sometimes these smaller veins then branch again, forming a lace-like network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08240.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"456\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08240.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=456\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08240.jpg 682w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08240-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH06776.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH06776.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"455\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH06776.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=455\" class=\"wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH06776.jpg 585w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH06776-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 85vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Examples of dicots: Black-eyed Susans from Sunnyside Community Gardens in Islington, <br>and a pomegranate tree from the Rose Garden at Hampton Court Palace<br><br>The yellow flower might also be called a coneflower or a daisy, and might easily be confused with an echinacea, which is why gardeners use latin names like <em>Rudbeckia fulgida<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH20210203_150556194.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH20210203_150556194-414x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-457\" width=\"172\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH20210203_150556194-414x1024.jpg 414w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH20210203_150556194-121x300.jpg 121w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH20210203_150556194.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 85vw, 172px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Daffodils<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Like many monocots, daffodil leaves grow from the base of the plant. They do not branch out from the stem as most dicots, including the hollyhock, do. Daffodil leaves have parallel venation; hollyhocks have branching veins in each leaflet. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08235-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08235-1-490x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" width=\"206\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08235-1-490x1024.jpg 490w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08235-1-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CWH08235-1.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 85vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hollyhocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>How do differences between monocots and dicots appear in the Bacton Altar Cloth? All the motifs have the same general shape, with a cut stem and curving stalk off which leaves branch, sometimes with and sometimes without a petiole (that&#8217;s the stalk between the stem and the leaf). None of the designs cluster the leaves at the base, the way a daffodil grows, but they do accurately portray some leaves as having petioles (as the hollyhock does, above) and some without (like the daffodil).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The embroiderers also depicted some leaves with branching veins, as in the raspberry and thistle below, and some with a central rib but no branching, as in the iris and lily. So none of the leaves have precisely parallel veins, but the monocots still appear distinct from the dicots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/74flower-CWH07089-crop-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/74flower-CWH07089-crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"482\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/74flower-CWH07089-crop-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-also-daffodils\/74flower-cwh07089-crop-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/74flower-CWH07089-crop-1.jpg 474w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/74flower-CWH07089-crop-1-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 85vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/53flower-CWH01522-crop-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/53flower-CWH01522-crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"483\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/53flower-CWH01522-crop-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-also-daffodils\/53flower-cwh01522-crop-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/53flower-CWH01522-crop-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/53flower-CWH01522-crop-1-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Examples of dicot plants embroidered with branching veins in their leaves: <br><em>Raspberry motif 75<\/em> and <em>Thistle motif 53<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/15flower-CWH07229-crop-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/15flower-CWH07229-crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"484\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/15flower-CWH07229-crop-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-also-daffodils\/15flower-cwh07229-crop-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/15flower-CWH07229-crop-1.jpg 713w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/15flower-CWH07229-crop-1-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/34flower-CWH01574-crop-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/34flower-CWH01574-crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"486\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/34flower-CWH01574-crop-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-also-daffodils\/34flower-cwh01574-crop-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/34flower-CWH01574-crop-1.jpg 537w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/34flower-CWH01574-crop-1-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 85vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Examples of monocot plants embroidered without branching veins in their leaves: <br><em>Iris motif 15<\/em> and <em>Lily motif 34<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CWH01505-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CWH01505-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CWH01505-crop.jpg 800w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CWH01505-crop-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CWH01505-crop-768x964.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Motif 58, possibly a daffodil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This brings us back to the original question: what species are plants 1, 58, and 61? The flowers appear to have a central yellow tube surrounded by white or yellow and white petals in sets of three, rather like a stylised daffodil might. But the leaves have branching veins and and emerge in clusters far up the stem, not singly from the base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/37flower-CWH01584-crop-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/37flower-CWH01584-crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/37flower-CWH01584-crop-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/37flower-CWH01584-crop-1-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Also a daffodil? Embroidered motif 37<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also mentioned that each species only gets one motif, and yet here is motif 37, looking even more like a daffodil to me than number 58. All of its leaves emerge low on the stem and lack branching venation. Its blossoms show a central yellow tube with five white petals at the base, but I imagine a sixth petal hidden completely behind the yellow tube. The zigzag ends of each tube call to mind the ruffled effect I see on many daffodils. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what are these two plants meant to be? Was motif 1 a daffodil drawn by a less knowledgeable herbalist or maker of pattern books? Is it meant to be a dicot species with a tube shaped flower, not a daffodil at all? Did the person selecting the motifs consider plants 58 and 37 different species because they were labeled with different names? Even today we call members of this genus narcissus, daffodil, paperwhite, Lent lily, and jonquil. In the 16th century they might have born such names as affodill, asphodel, and narcissus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/affadille-Bodleian_MS_Ashmole_1504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/affadille-Bodleian_MS_Ashmole_1504.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"465\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=465\" class=\"wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/affadille-Bodleian_MS_Ashmole_1504.jpg 359w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/affadille-Bodleian_MS_Ashmole_1504-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 85vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Gerards-Herbal-daffodil-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Gerards-Herbal-daffodil-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"466\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Gerards-Herbal-daffodil-cropped.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/?attachment_id=466\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Gerards-Herbal-daffodil-cropped.jpg 424w, https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Gerards-Herbal-daffodil-cropped-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 85vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The Affadille, <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/objects\/385c0fdd-03ce-42c7-b43f-369003bee8f3\/surfaces\/a8c039f3-7ee9-4d6a-914e-7498d65c63ec\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/objects\/385c0fdd-03ce-42c7-b43f-369003bee8f3\/surfaces\/a8c039f3-7ee9-4d6a-914e-7498d65c63ec\/\">folio 003r of \u2018The Tudor Pattern Book\u2019 Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1504,<\/a> produced in England c.1520-1530. Photo \u00a9 Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford <br>and the Common yellow Daffodilly from John Gerard&#8217;s <em>Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes<\/em>, first published in 1597  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What flowers do you think these motifs represent?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My previous post about motifs 1, 58, and 61 on my map of the Bacton Altar Cloth explained our thought that these were daffodils. As we studied the embroidery more we noticed two general rules that made us doubt the species identification: 1. Although motifs repeated, sometimes with slight variance in colouring, no species seemed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/bacton-altar-cloth-also-daffodils\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bacton Altar Cloth: Also Daffodils?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1500stitches.org\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}