Victoria and Albert Museum - What was 'Opus Anglicanum'? Literally meaning 'English work', Opus Anglicanum was the term used to describe the esquisite embroidery created by English embroiderers in the medieval period
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Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery – a Vulpes Libris Random. | Vulpes Libris
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TWO MEDIEVAL OPUS ANGLICANUM EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL VERTICAL FRAGMENTS, ENGLISH, LATE 14TH CENTURY | Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection | 2019 | Sotheby's
![A woman looks at embroidery on display as part of the Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London Stock Photo - Alamy A woman looks at embroidery on display as part of the Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/H2G34A/a-woman-looks-at-embroidery-on-display-as-part-of-the-opus-anglicanum-H2G34A.jpg)
A woman looks at embroidery on display as part of the Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London Stock Photo - Alamy
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