EditorialBed Cord from Tsar Peter the Great, Bed Cord is knotted with four threads. At the top a knotted loop, followed by a horizontal decorative knot (Turkish knot) where the ends of threads are visible. After this a square knot work (farmer's flattening) wit...
EditorialRound dress from batist with fillet border decorated with rose twigs, Dress from natural-colored batist with a natural-colored border from lace embroidery: fillet lace. Round model. Pattern with a concatenation of a rose branch interspersed with a thre...
EditorialTablecloth made of linen with lace embroidery inserts and finished around with a bobbin lace with wheels and dots, Tablecloth made of linen with natural-colored lace embroidery inserts: fillet lace. The rug is finished all round with a strip of natural...
EditorialDetail of illuminated initial 'D' ([omi]ne exaudi orationem meam), with beakhead, foliate, and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 101. The Ramsey Psalter. England, S. (Winchester or Ramsey); Last quarter of the 10th century. Source: Harley 2904 f.125. Language:...
EditorialKing with disputing fool. St Omer Psalter. England [Mulbarton, co. Norfolk?]; circa 1325-1330. [Whole folio] End of Psalm 51. Psalm 52, beginning with initial 'D'. A seated king, with crown and sceptre, with four knights in mail armour, disputing with ...
EditorialDecorated initial 'D'(ominus) with foliate decoration combined with a full bar border with acanthus leaves, knotwork and foliate feathering at the beginning of Psalm 26. Catena in psalmos. England; 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century. Source: Harley...
EditorialFull border with foliate and knotwork motifs and heraldic devices in medallions, including mermaids, crossed strigils on a silver shield , and a bearded man in profile. Pharsalia. Italy N.; 2nd half of the 15th century. Source: Harley 5269, f.2. Langua...
EditorialOpening of St John's Gospel. Text beginning with initial 'I', acanthus leaf pattern with interlace knotwork terminals adorned with birds heads holding leaf-sprays in their beaks. Borders of 'Winchester' type acanthus with corner bosses and two roundels...
EditorialFront cover of 'De re militari'. De re militari, with prefatory letter. Italy, N. E. (Venice); between 1486 and 1501. Goatskin. Tooled in blind; tooled in gold. Knotwork/ropework; panel design. Source: Burney 353, Front binding. Language: Latin.
EditorialDetail of illuminated initial 'D' ([omi]ne exaudi orationem meam), with beakhead, foliate, and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 101. The Ramsey Psalter. England, S. (Winchester or Ramsey); Last quarter of the 10th century. Source: Harley 2904 f.125. Language:...