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| Keywords: Elizabeth1book.jpg Embroidered bookbinding The Miroir or Glasse of the Synneful Soul manuscript by the Princess Elizabeth later Elizabeth I of England at age 11 1544 and presented to her stepmother Catherine or Katherine Parr Translated 'out of frenche ryme into english prose joyning the sentences together as well as the capacitie of my symple witte and small lerning coulde extende themselves ' dedicated 'From Assherige the last daye of the yeare of our Lord God 1544 To our most noble and vertuous Quene Katherin Elizabeth her humble daughter wisheth perpetuall felicitie and everlasting joye ' The book is now one of the great treasures of the Bodleian Library; it is bound in canvas measures about 7 by 5 inches and was embroidered in all probability by the hands of the Princess herself The design is the same upon both sides The ground is all worked over in a large kind of tapestry-stitch in thick pale blue silk very evenly and well done so well that it has been considered more than once to be a piece of woven material On this is a cleverly designed interlacing scroll-work of gold and silver braid in the centre of which are the joined initials K P In each corner is a heartsease worked in thick coloured silks purple and yellow interwoven with fine gold threads and a small green leaflet between each of the petals The back is very much worn but it probably had small flowers embroidered upon it English Embroidered Bookbindings by Cyril James Humphries Davenport F S A edited by Alfred Pollard London 1899 gutenberg English Embroidered Bookbindings 17585 Image published 1899 Original embroidery 1544 Elizabeth I of England File Embroidered bookbinding Elizabeth I jpg PD-old Embroidered book covers Embroidery of England Elizabeth I of England Catherine Parr Monograms KP Knots in art and decoration Place of Interest signs Braids KP letter combinations Monogram embroidered Close-ups of woven textiles | ||||
