British Library
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BBC TWO: Henry VIII’s Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell, information concerning which will be found here. This programme is very interesting, and I recommend it, but it’s not the content that has prompted me to write this, rather the treatment of an ancient copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s “History of the Kings…
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I have just bought this British Library “Illuminated Manuscripts” calendar for 2017. It’s gorgeous, and the illustrations are magnificent reproductions. I bought it from Amazon – couldn’t find it on the British Library site. If you follow the link, you can see small pictures of all twelve illustrations. August’s picture is of Henry VII adoring…
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The above miniature is taken from http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/02/page/2/ There are some interesting illustrations of family trees and so on about halfway down the following page, beginning with the heading “Extra! Extra!: Richard III Lyth Buryd at Lecitor.”
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