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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 | ||||
