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An essay is presented which focused on the 1667 Serbian Orthodox antimension in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, Hungary. Topics discussed include the placement of the antimension on consecrated altars and its use during liturgical services, the possession of the antimension by the museum from the Historical Repository of the Hungarian National Museum, and observations on the depiction of Jesus Christ on the woven linen cloth.

This article reports on the medieval vestments that were found in the Saint Alban parish church in Cologne, Germany. Several topics are discussed, including how people started focusing on historical textiles and liturgical vestments in the middle of the 19th century in Germany, how the construction on the Saint Alban church started in the 10th century, which makes it one of the oldest churches in Cologne, as well as how researchers have found tapestries, altar cloths, and vestments featuring intricate stitching and embroidery in the church that date back to the 1400s. Also discussed is the cathedral historian Franz Bock's publications about the medieval textiles.

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