Sources
The alphabet is adapted from a 16th-century Italian manuscript, La Opera di Ludovico Vicentino …. (Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collection Division, Rosenwald 807) The vine border is adapted from an illumination in a 7th-century Greek gospel. (London, British Museum, MS 5111) The snail is adapted from the “hunting snail” on the hand of a dog-riding rabbit from a 14th-century French manuscript, the Pontifical of Guillaume Durand. (Paris, Library of Saint Genevieve, MS 143, fol. 165r)
Materials and Techniques
You can use any even weave fabric such as Aida cloth or linen. The threads are DMC floss. Only whole cross-stitches are used.
Sizes of finished picture
Design size: 157 stitches wide x 161 stitches tall
on 10-count fabric, 15.7” x 16.1”
on 12-count fabric, 13.25” x 13.58”
on 14-count fabric, 11.36” x 11.64”
on 16-count fabric, 9.94” x 10.19”
on 18-count fabric, 8.83” x 9.06”
See below for required DMC skeins
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Craft Type:Cross Stitch
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Craft Type:Cross Stitch
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Theme:Samplers
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Format:Printed Chart
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Brand:Arelate Studio
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Product Code:ARELATE10
