We also know that at this time (thirteenth century) the shirts of many of the wealthier Spaniards were woven of finest linen imported from the East, embroidered and picked out with gold and silver thread, and that the clergy were at least the equals of the laity in their craze for costly clothing. In A.D. 1273, an inventory was made of the effects belonging to Don Gonzalo Palomeque, on his election to the bishopric of Cuenca. It mentions _almadraques_ and Murcian _tapetes_, _carpitas viadas_ from Tlemcen, fine Murcian blankets (_alhamares_), silk _xamedes_, Murcian matting for covering walls and daïses ("_para paret et para estrado_"), and stuffs from Syria. Another inventory, that of Don Gonzalo Gudiel, archbishop of Toledo, is dated A.D. 1280, and mentions, as included with his property, quantities of oriental fabrics which are designated by the general name _tartaricas_.[5] Among them were "unus pannus operatus ad aves de auro et campus de serica viridi, item unus alius pannus tartaricus cum campo de seta alba et vite aurea, item unus pannus tartaricus de seta rubea cum pinis aureis, item unus pannus tartaricus de seta viridi."[6] [5] Specifically, _tartari_ was a costly fabric, heavily embroidered. Ducange considers that it came, or came originally, from Tartary. We read of it twice in the _Chronicle of the Cid_, and again, in the _Chronicle of Ferdinand the Fourth_:--"tiraron los paños de marhega que tenia vestidos por su padre é vistiéronle unos paños nobles de tartari." [6] Quoted by Fernandez y Gonzalez, _Mudejares de Castilla_, p. 231, from the originals in the Archiepiscopal Library of Toledo.