"Hidden signatures found Anne Boleyn’s execution prayer book" Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 Sep 2021 9:26 p.m. PST |
"Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours has joined Isabella Stuart's in giving up its long-held secrets. Previously unknown inscriptions have been found that identify the close network of owners who kept the book quietly safe, at no inconsiderable risk to themselves, after her execution in 1536. The Book of Hours, part of the collection of Hever Castle, Anne's childhood home, was made in Paris in the 1520s for Catherine of Aragon, King Henry VIII's first wife, and likely given to Anne when she was Catherine's lady-in-waiting. It was printed, not handwritten, and while it is technically illuminated, it was really just colored in because the illustrations were actually woodcuts that were then painted by hand. Anne's was a more expensive version because it was printed on vellum…"
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| Andrew Walters | 30 Sep 2021 9:12 a.m. PST |
"Legend has it she carried this book to the gallows." What was she doing on a gallows? |
| Tango01 | 30 Sep 2021 3:24 p.m. PST |
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| evilgong | 30 Sep 2021 5:01 p.m. PST |
What was she doing on a gallows?>>> Hanging around. |
| Mollinary | 01 Oct 2021 12:54 a.m. PST |
Going round the block, I think! |
| Tango01 | 02 Oct 2021 3:46 p.m. PST |
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| Au pas de Charge | 09 Oct 2021 8:10 p.m. PST |
As far as I am concerned, she's still Annie from the block. |
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receives a gift from his wife…
