“Tudor” propaganda
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“The wooden bust is all that’s left of the effigy that graced hiscoffin on procession. So I suppose you’re right — the effigy is basedon the death mask. But if you Google for desk mask Henry VII, the bitof effigy is what comes up. Sorry for not being more exact. To me, the effigy…
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For anyone wondering whether Richard could have still formed hisletters if he’d lost digits or tips of fingers, let us begin with whatis required to write with a quill. This video: http://youtu.be/dqCBUHlPVBk features a Japanese calligrapher who, from about 1:00 minute to 3:00minutes, is writing in Gothic Litera Bastarda with a quill. (You won’tsee feathers;…
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