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| Keywords: Felbrigge.jpg Assessments 1 Felbrigge jpg Felbrigge Psalter - Embroidered bookbinding The earliest example of an embroidered book in existence is I believe the manuscript English Psalter written in the thirteenth century which afterwards belonged to Anne daughter of Sir Simon de Felbrigge K G standard-bearer to Richard ii Anne de Felbrigge was a nun in the convent of Minoresses at Bruisyard in Suffolk during the latter half of the fourteenth century and it is quite likely that she herself worked the cover ”such work having probably been largely done in monasteries and convents during the middle ages On the upper side is a very charming design of the Annunciation and on the under another of the Crucifixion each measuring 7¾ by 5¾ inches In both cases the ground is worked with fine gold threads 'couched' in a zigzag pattern the rest of the work being very finely executed in split-stitch by the use of which apparently continuous lines can be made each successive stitch beginning a little within that immediately preceding it ”the effect in some places being that of a very fine chain-stitch The lines of this work do not in any way follow the meshes of the linen or canvas as is mostly the case with book-work upon such material but they curve freely according to the lines and folds of the design English Embroidered Bookbindings by Cyril James Humphries Davenport F S A edited by Alfred Pollard London 1899 gutenberg English Embroidered Bookbindings 17585 Image published 1899 Embroidery is a Victorian restoration of 14th century original author PD-old Embroidered book covers Ecclesiastical embroidery Medieval art Miniatures of annunciation 13th-century art | ||||
