单词 | opus anglicanum |
释义 | opus anglicanumn. historical. The fine pictorial embroidery produced in England in the Middle Ages, esp. between c1100 and c1350, and used particularly for ecclesiastical vestments.Such embroidery was characterized by the depiction of lively human and animal figures, and the use of gold cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery cutwork1470 Alexandrinec1500 loose work1548 Irish stitch1560 opus anglicumc1840 opus anglicanum1848 chikan1858 straw embroidery1862 Greek embroidery1882 Hardanger1904 Assisi1923 hedebo1932 1848 C. H. Hartshorne Eng. Medieval Embroidery 11 English embroidery has consistently enough been called the opus Anglicanum, from being a manufacture extensively and skilfully pursued in our own country. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) 281 This invaluable and matchless specimen of the far-famed ‘Opus Anglicanum’, or English needlework. 1922 Daily Tel. 12 June 20/6 (advt.) The collection of XV Century vestments from Whalley Abbey, including some magnificent examples of ‘Opus Anglicanum’. 1954 M. Rickert Painting in Brit.: Middle Ages v. 128 The fineness of quality which is to give to English embroidery, the so-called opus anglicanum, its wide reputation during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. 1998 Daily Tel. 21 May 33/5 She had continued working, designing the 1976 Christmas stamps, based on medieval Opus Anglicanum embroidery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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