Note 572 — Chapter XI

See Raine’s “St. Cuthbert,” pp. 50-209. Mr. Raine describes it as being “of woven gold, with spaces left vacant for needlework embroidery.” Beautifully drawn majestic figures stand in niches on rainbow-coloured clouds, and the effect is that of an illumination of the ninth century. The style is rather Greek or Byzantine than Anglo-Saxon. For further notices of St. Cuthbert’s relics, see chapter on Materials, ante; also see Rock’s “Introduction,” p. cxvii.