The
Felbrigge Psalter, an
illuminated manuscript Psalter, is the oldest book from
England to have an
embroidered bookbinding. The needlework on this mid-thirteenth century manuscript probably dates from the early fourteenth century, which puts it more than a century earlier than the next oldest embroidered binding to have survived. Both the design and execution depicting the
Annunciation are exceptionally high quality. The cover is made with
linen and
gold on linen with later leather binding edge.
Book credit: Anne de Felbrigge