Studio: international art (35.1905)

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HON. MENTION (COMP. A X) “ ROBIN HOOD

it easy for the student
who has mastered them
to recognise for himself
the various styles. Spe-
cially interesting is the
section relating to the
famous Syon cope, named
after the monastery near
Isleworth in which it was
produced, a masterpiece
in the so-called opus An-
glicanum style—a price-
less legacy from the latter
half of the thirteenth
century, the golden age
of English embroidery.

From the consideration
of that remarkable period
Mr. Kendrick passes on
to trace the later history
of the art, with its various
vicissitudes of decline
and revival, to the begin-
ning of the twentieth
century, which has been, in his opinion, marked
by an improvement in public taste auguring well
for the future.

Robert the Deuyll. With the text of W. M. J.
Thoms, ornamented by Harold Nelson. (Edin-
burgh: Otto Schulze.) i6j\ net.—One of a

series of early English prose romances, now
being brought out in a most attractive form,
this new rendering of the quaint Robert the
Deuyll will delight all who are able to appre-
ciate the fine printing of the text and the ingenious
play of fancy displayed in the charming borders,
head and tail pieces, which
in some cases excel the
full-page illustrations, ad-
mirable though many of
them are. Full of life and
radiating forth humour,
these small designs are
equal to anything of
the kind that has re-
cently been produced,
and vividly reflect the
spirit of the weird tale
they illustrate. Of the
larger drawings, those of
“ Robert the Deuyll and
the Duchesse of Nor-
mandye in the Castell of
Darques,” and of “Robert
killing his Scole Mayster,”
are especially fine, though
the latter is somewhat
spoilt by a certain timidity
in the treatment of the
horse.

HON. MENTION (COMP. A X)

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