Wilton, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton; Wilton, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton [Editor]: The art of needle-work from the earliest ages: including some notices of the ancient historical tapestries (London: Henry Colburn Publishers, 1841)

THE DARK AGES.—“ SHEE-SCHOOLS.” 63
And whether temporarily sheltering within the walls
of a convent, or happily presiding in her own lofty
halls, it was oftentime the pride and pleasure of the
high-born dame to embroider a splendid cope, a rich
vest, or a gorgeous hanging, as a votive and grateful
offering to that holy altar where perhaps she had
prayed in sorrow, and found consolation and peace.