Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)
St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 38
On the neck ofthe chasuble may be seen the characteristicAnglo-Saxon ornament called the flower,which seems to have been kept in use forecclesiastical vestments for several centuries.It occurs on the vestment found on the bodyof St. Cuthbert (in 1104), and may be oftenseen figured on cumbent… … 20 OLD ENGLISH EMBROIDERY. over all the breast, and upon the higher part of the back,while round the neck of the vestment ran a broad band of goldstudded with jewels. The mitre of St. Thomas a Becket is of white ground withgold embroidery. All the old English mitres in existence arewhite, and are…
Embroidery · Christian art and symbolism
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