English Embroidered Bookbindings eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 110 pages of information about English Embroidered Bookbindings.

English Embroidered Bookbindings eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 110 pages of information about English Embroidered Bookbindings.

Forwarding of embroidered books, 11.

French embroidered books, 20.

Fuller, Thomas, 103.

Gauffred edges, 16.

George II., gift of the Royal Library to the British Museum in 1757, 25.

George III., his books largely rebound, 5.

Grenville, Right Hon. Thomas, his books largely rebound, 5.

Guimp, description of, 9.

Headbands, 15.

Henry VIII., arms on embroidered book, 52.

Henry Benedict, Cardinal York, 19.

Henry, Prince of Wales, his use of the ostrich feather badge, 85;
  badge upon ‘Tracts, 1610,’ 73, 77, 86.

Henshaw’s ‘Horae Successivae,’ 90.

Heraldic designs, 5, 6;
  Arms of Henry VIII., 52;
  Katherine Parr, 55;
  Elizabeth, 57, 72, 81;
  Badges of Queen Mary, 57;
  Prince of Wales, 73, 77, 86;
  Crest of Vaughan, 59.

Inglis, Esther, calligraphist, 85.

Italian embroidered bindings, 19.

James II., initials on ‘Bible, 1674,’ 78.

Law, Dr. W. T., 94.

Little Gidding, ‘Needlework’ done at, 103.

Lizzarding, description of, 8.

Macray, Rev. W. D., 33, 64.

Magnus, of Amsterdam, bookbinder, 10.

Martyr, Peter, ‘Commonplaces,’ 69.

Mary, Queen, badge on ‘Psalter,’ 57.

Metal threads, 8, 29.

‘Miroir of the Synneful Soul,’ 32.

Montenay, Georgette, ‘Emblemes Chrestiens,’ 85.

New Testament, 1576 ed., 81;
  1625 ed., 42;
  1630 ed., 89;
  1640 ed., 101.

‘Orationis Dominicae Explicatio,’ 1583, 67.

Ostrevant, badge of the province of, 73.

Ostrich feather badge of the Princes of Wales, origin of the, 73;
  on embroidered bindings, 73, 77, 86.

Parr, Queen Katherine, arms on ‘Petrarcha, 1544,’ 55;
  Prayers written by, 33.

Parker, Archbishop, ‘De Antiquitate Ecclesiae Britannicae,’ 60.

Peacocks’ feathers used in embroideries, 82.

Pearls used in embroidered bindings:  Brion (1540), 52;
  Christopherson (1569), 57;
  Parker (1572), 60;
  ‘New Testament’ (1576), 81;
  ‘Bible’ (1583), 67;
  ‘Bible’ (1590), 70;
  ‘Tracts’ (1610), 72;
  Montenay (1624), 85;
  ‘Psalms’ (1633), 94;
  ‘Common Prayer’ (1638), 77.

‘Petrarcha, 1544,’ 55.

Pomegranate badge on Queen Mary’s ‘Psalter,’ 57.

Poncyn, of Amsterdam, bookbinder, 10.

Portraits on embroidered books, 5;
  Charles I., 106;
  Duke of Buckingham, 76.

‘Psalms,’ 1606 ed., 38; 1633 ed., 91, 94;
  1635 ed., 92;
  1639 ed., 98;
  1641 ed., 103;
  1643 ed., 105, 106;
  1646 ed., 108.

Purl, description of, 9, 10, 46;
  book embroidered alone with, 108.

Satin bindings, 7, 8, 80-110.

Schreiber, the Lady Charlotte, 83.

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