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A BRIGHT SHIP
This counted thread chart is adapted from an illumination in the 9th century Corbie Psalter (Amiens, Bibliotheque, MS 18, fol. 133). The main border pattern is adapted from a 12th century stained-glass window, "Samson and the Doors of Gaza" (Stuttgart, Wurtembergischen Landesmuseum). The alphabet is the 8th century Irish half-uncial. The design size is 282 stitches horizontal, 254 stitches vertical. Graph Only $8.00

I LOVE YOU
This charted design is adapted from an illumination, "Brunwart von Augheim", in the early 14th century manuscript known as the Codex Manesse (Heidelberg, University Library, Codex Palatinus Germanicus 848, fol. 258v). The design size is 129 stitches horizontal by 155 stitches vertical.  Graph Only $8.00

MUSICAL ANGELS
The text with music is adapted from a 15th century enameled terra cotta by Andrea della Robbia (Florence, Museo Nazionale). The two angels are adapted from a 14th century manuscript illumination (London, British Library, ROyal MS 2B. vii, fol. 168b). The church is adapted from a 13th century model of St. Nicaise carved on a tombstone in Reims Cathedral, by its architect, Huges Libergier. The wyvern is adapted from a 14th century manuscript illumination (Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale). The four different borders are adapted from 12th century Irish motifs. The design size is 203 horizontal by 169 stitches vertical. Graph Only $8.00

BUNNY BATTLE
The dog jousting on a rabbit is adapted from an illumination in a 14th century breviary (London, British Museum, Yates Thompson MS 8, fol. 294). The posing bunny is adapted from a 13th/14th century woven altar cloth in Kloster Isenhagen, Lower Saxony. The rabbit with a crossbow and the dead rabbit are adapted from a 14th century illumination from the Metz Pontifical (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41). The design size is 363 stitches wide by 87 stitches high. Graph Only $8.00

VICTORIOUS GRIFFIN
The griffin is adapted from a 15th century, northern Italian illumination, "Antiquitates", by Giovanni Marcanova (Princeton University Library, Garrett MS). The border is adapted from a 15th century illumination, "The Annunciation," in the Beaufort Hours (London, British Library, MS Royal 2 A.XVIII, fol. 23v). The design size is 179 stitches wide by 135 stitches tall.
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