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‖ opus anglicanum|ˈɒpəs æŋglɪˈkɑːnəm|
Also with capital initials.
[med.L., lit. ‘English work’; see Anglican a. and n.]
The name given to the fine pictorial embroidery produced in England in the Middle Ages, esp. between c 1250 and c 1350, and used esp. for ecclesiastical vestments.
[1277–81in A. G. I. Christie Eng. Medieval Embroidery (1938) 2 Unum pretiosissimum pluviale ad ymagines Sanctorum contextum de opere Anglicano. c1840Lady Wilton Art of Needlework vii. 66 So celebrated was the English work, the Opus Anglicum, that other nations eagerly desired to possess it.] 1848C. 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. 1870D. Rock Textile Fabrics 281 This invaluable and matchless specimen of the far-famed ‘Opus Anglicanum’, or English needlework. 1909L. de Farcy in Embroidery VI. 168/2, I hope that..soon I may applaud their [sc. that of the English] success in the revival of their opus Anglicanum. 1922Daily Tel. 12 June 20/6 (Advt.), The collection of XV Century vestments from Whalley Abbey, including some magnificent examples of ‘Opus Anglicanum’, the property of the Right Hon. Lord O'Hagan. 1936Burlington Mag. Oct. 182/1 The rich collection of Opus Anglicanum at the Victoria and Albert Museum. 1954M. 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. 1960D. M. Wilson Anglo-Saxons v. 155 In the twelfth century, embroideries of ‘English work’ (opus anglicanum) were to become famous throughout Europe. 1964tr. A. Geijer's Textile Treasures of Uppsala Cathedral 23 Technical similarities to recognized examples of opus anglicanum, the famous English art of the High Middle Ages, have caused some scholars..to attribute this work to England. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 557/1 Opus anglicanum has..survived all over Europe wherever historic vestments are treasured. |