Oh, the cloth. I think the weaving is alluded to in the spindle, and the cloth is shown when the messenger brings it up to the queen - the dramatic moment of the reveal. What I found the most striking is that the cloth actually shows a purple/red design on a white background, as mentioned by Ovid. The actual weaving is really only one sentence, followed immediately with the transportation by the messenger:
"...fastens her thread to a barbarian’s loom, and weaves purple designs on a white background, revealing the crime. She entrusts it, when complete, to a servant, and asks her, by means of gestures, to take it to her mistress. She, as she is asked, takes it to Procne."
I think the narratives in these scenes may hold the key to rediscovering the original order of the folios. My initial analysis ended when Philomela told her sister about the king's deeds, and they came up with a plan for revenge. The next scene Ovid describes is found on You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view. - she murders her son and puts his flesh in a kettle to boil. I think they chose the sentence "
while he stretched out his hands, knowing his fate at the last, crying out ‘Mother! Mother!’" for the drawing. See Jasondavies You are not allowed to view links.
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Login to view. A pleading figure with arms outstretched, standing next to a cauldron. That means the original order would have looked like this: