Chapter 10

Christian art--Dark ages--Greek and Roman ecclesiastical dress--Northern influence--Continuity of ecclesiastical art--Authorities--Anglo-Saxon orthodox colours--Veils of the Temple--Hangings in Pagan temples and Christian churches--Russian use of veils--Art in the early Church-- Rare examples--Destruction by the iconoclasts--Early embroiderers--Empress Helena--Bertha, mother of Charlemagne--His dalmatic--Pluvial of St. Silvester--Pluvial of museum at Bologna--Daroca cope--Cope of Boniface VIII.-- Style of the twelfth century--Mantle of St. Stephen of Hungary--Kunigunda's work for Henry II.--The Romanesque-- Movement perfecting Gothic art, thirteenth century--Opus Anglicanum--Syon cope--Embroidery on the stamp--Pictures in flat stitches--Flemish work--Renaissance--Work of some royal ladies--French--Spanish--Sicilian and Neapolitan--German work--Sacred symbolism--Melito's "The Key"--Mystical colours--Prehistoric cross--Many forms of the cross--The roës--The chrysoclavus--Modern decoration--Principles and motives for church embroideries--The altar-cloth--The reredos--The pulpit and reading-desk--The ancient Paschal--The banner of St. Cuthbert--The fringe--Lay heraldry of the Church--South Kensington Museum 303