Needlework as art . Portion of the Cope of Boniface VIII., twelfth century. From Anagni. Now in the Vatican Collection. Page e Ecclesiastical Embroidery. 319 the day he was crowned Emperor in that church byPope Leo III., will remember how plentifully it issprinkled with crosses between its exquisite embroideries,so as to make the vestment a real stauracin. Signor Galletti, Professor of Embroidery to the Pope,says it is undoubtedly of the eighth century. It hasbeen suggested that the design is of the date of theExarchate. It is, however, something of infinitely finerstyle ; it is noble, s
Needlework as art . Portion of the Cope of Boniface VIII., twelfth century. From Anagni. Now in the Vatican Collection. Page e Ecclesiastical Embroidery. 319 the day he was crowned Emperor in that church byPope Leo III., will remember how plentifully it issprinkled with crosses between its exquisite embroideries,so as to make the vestment a real stauracin. Signor Galletti, Professor of Embroidery to the Pope,says it is undoubtedly of the eighth century. It hasbeen suggested that the design is of the date of theExarchate. It is, however, something of infinitely finerstyle ; it is noble, simple Greek. Charlemagnes dalmatic is embroidered mostly ingold—the draperies in basket-work and laid stitches ;the faces in white silk split-stitch, flat, with finely-drawnoutlines in black silk. The hair, the shadowy part of thedraperies, and the clouds are worked in fine gold andsilver thread with dark outlines. The hands, feet, anddraperies have a fine bas-relief effect. (Plates 53, 54, 55.) The pluvial of St. Silvester, in the church of Lateran at Rome, is probably, from its Gothic style,of the time of Bonifac
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