Ecclesiastical embroidery art
Ecclesiastical embroidery art
Despite some differences between various branches of the Christian religion, the embroidery still occupies a leading position in the decoration of both Orthodox and Catholic churches. Known as Ecclesiastical, the embroidery art appeared in ancient times, but preserved only embroidery for church purposes from the tenth century. The embroidery of the beginning of the tenth century is in The Treasury Museum of Durham Cathedral, and fragments of the altar of the same century – in the National Museum in Ravenna.
In fact, beautifully embroidered items appeared in the early eleventh century. And among them – the paintings, embroidered with pure gold, stored in the cathedral of Bamberg; coronation mantle of Hungary, and other samples. Meanwhile, this embroidery shows both costly materials and skills in their performance, and also the deep meaning of the embroidered paintings.
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