Show N e I 1 lew rk in the Seen seventh tit century before the end of the seventh century needlework was carried to great perfection in convents where it was used for the embellishment bellish ment of the church and the decoration of priestly ro lioi artists did not think it beneath their dignity to trace the pattern used for embroidery in their natural colors A certain religious lady wishing to embroider a sacerdotal vestment asked no less a personage than st dunstan then a it young man inan but already noted for hi hn artistic skill and taste to draw the flowers flow era and figures which she afterward worked in gold thread tb read domans work |