And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Ver. 59. He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth] "Which he had bought new for the purpose," saith St Mark,Mark 15:46, to his no small cost; for linen in those days was precious, so that a handkerchief among even the Roman rioters was a rich token, as appears out of the poet. a Neither did this rich man lose his money; for he is and shall be famous for it to the world's end; though everybody be not at leisure to do as Paleottus, Archbishop of Bonony, did, who wrote a large book on the shadow of Christ's body in Joseph's new syndon; b which was also commented upon by the Professor of Divinity there.
a Nam sudaria setaba ex Iberis miserunt mihi muneri Fabulus et Veranius. Catul.
b A piece of this fabric used for various purposes: As a shroud, spec. that in which the body of Christ was wrapped. ŒD