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200 Arts апd C1·afts in the Middle Ages

Ыасk circles and peacocks." At the chпrch at Croy­ land somc vestments wегс decoгated ,vith Ьiгds of gold cut out and applique and at Exeter they had "notl1ing about them but t1·ue needle,voгk." Iв the "Liber Eliensis," in the Muniment room at Ely, is an account of а gift to the cЬurcl1 Ьу Queen Ешша, tlle ,vife of King Knut, ,vho " on а certain day саше to Ely in а boat, accompanied Ьу llis wife tl1e Queeн Ешша, and the chief noЫcs of his kiвgdoш." Tllis royal present '\Yas "а ршрlе clotl1 worked "·ith gold and set with je,vels fог St. A"'·dгy's sh1·ine," апсl tlle �lonk Thomas assures us that "none other could Ье foнnd in the kingdom of tl1e English of such гicЬness and beauty of workmanship." The vaгious stitches in English work had their several names, tЬе opus pluшaгiuш, ог straight oveгlapping stitcl1es, гesemЫiвg tl1e featЬeгs of а Ьiгd; the opus pluvaгium, or c1·oss stitch, and many оtЬегs. А gгeat deal of woгk was acco111plisl1ed Ьу шeans of applique in satin and silk, and sometiшes the g1·ound ,vas painted, as has already been described in Italian work. In the year 1246 Matthew Paris writes: " About this tiшe tЬе Lord Роре, Iпnocent IV., having observed that tl1e ecclesiastical ornaments of some Englishmen, such as choristers' copes and mitres, ,vere embroidered iп gold th1·ead, after а ve1·y desiп Ые fashion, asked where these WOl'ks were made, and гeceived iв answeг, ' England.' Then," said the Роре, "England is surely а garden of delight for us; it is tгuly а never failing Spгing, and