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Operacentric ageing (well) Northern Girl. Leftish, ancient+medieval history+archaeology+languages background, Shakespeare addict, longstanding Domingista

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Stephanie Brooke

1 year

Can you guess who owned the large mansion, ten tenements and eleven gardens next to Queen Dowager Elizabeth Wydeville when she had been moved to Bermondsey Abbey ? Presenting #TheQueenNextDoor ; or, *new information on #ThePrincesintheTower * 🕵️‍♀️🎉

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1 year

The crowns used for the #Coronation on Saturday of course only date from the reign of Charles II or later; the earliest English crown still in existence is that of Princess Blanche of Lancaster, younger sister of Henry V

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Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, father of Maximilian I, d. 19th August 1493; in 2013 his tomb in St Stephen's, Vienna was investigated with endoscopes and a wifi enabled camera, and these extraordinary photos were obtained

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Westminster Hall is of course the largest medieval hammerbeam roof in Europe at 240 x 68ft and 650 tonnes. Begun in 1097 by William Rufus, the hall originally had a double row of columns supporting the roof . .

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11 months

Thomas Cromwell's Book of Hours has been digitised by @TrinCollLibCam and you can see that the illustrated pages' margins are much less decorated than even Catherine of Aragon's copy; still a papal tiara for God though ;)

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This crown first appears on the Treasure Roll of Richard II (1398/99), and could have been made in Paris, Venice, Prague or Vienna but probably by a French goldsmith. It was repaired to be part of 10yo Blanche's trousseau at her wedding to Prince Louis of Germany on 6th July 1402

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It had probably been made originally for Richard's queen, Anne of Bohemia; the repair plate is of inferior workmanship. Some pearls & jewels have been replaced since (at The Residenz, Munich). Poor Blanche d.aged 17 during her second pregnancy.

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Of course when Margaret of York married Charles the Bold in 1468 she wore this coronet, which in 1474 she presented to the statue of the Virgin in Aachen cathedral, where it is still

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4 years

The sword of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy - the scabbard and pommel of "unicorn horn" (narwhal tusk) c.1450

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A missal from the Sistine Chapel (Clement VII, 1523) looted by Napoleon's troops (The Morgan MS M.1134)

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1 year

'Twas the night before Xmas, and everyone's favourite Three Wise Men were snugly tucked up, but no, #angelsaystimetogetup (From the cathedral of St Lazare, Autun, by Gislebertus ;))

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3 years

Detail of the pulpit of Strasbourg cathedral by mason Hans Meiger/Hammer, 1485

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A glimpse of the pre-Reformation Westminster Abbey from the mortuary roll of Abbot John Islip ; a coloured version was found in the C18th

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3 years

Like one of @AnneLouiseAvery 's stories ;)

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The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together watching the lights in Melbourne

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An early dragon from the Sherborne Missal c. 1405 (BL Add. MS 74236 f.10) @chartres_Fiona @Horatioforever @PosyHill1 @NellytheWillow @CarolineIrwin3 @heraldic_artist @Portaspeciosa

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5 years

Carlo Crivelli's St George (1472) ; I think that armour would stop most dragons in their tracks, though more decorative than practical ;)

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5 months

Surely there must be a Xmas tree decoration version ? 😍

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The Alfred Jewel. AD 871-899. An Anglo-Saxon masterpiece connected with king Alfred the Great. An inscription reads ‘AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN’ - Alfred ordered me to be made. Ploughed up in a field in Somerset, in 1693, the Jewel is exquisitely crafted from cloisonné enamel

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The Virgin Reading on the Ghent Altarpiece, Jan van Eyck

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If you see this tweet, you have to mention one of your favourite paintings. Arnolfini Portrait. National Gallery last week.

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Henry VIII c. 1519, Flemish School, sold at Christie's July 2020; alas @DrOwenEmmerson found it had been overcleaned, but very interesting . .

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6 months

Here is the 1597 plan of the Tower of London; on the far left you can see the area where the Lion House was, sensibly separated from the rest of the Tower by a drawbridge, and where the 1490s narrative supposedly by Richard of York (from the Gelderland Archives) says he was kept

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The 3 lions of England accompanied by centaurs & wyverns and surrounded by hungry looking pike on this medieval tile from @wabbey Chapter House (image @EnglishHeritage ) #TilesonTuesday

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1 year

@StroudStory It has a touch of faery, doesn't it - so much more delicate 😍

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3 years

One of Catherine of Aragon's studded leather dower chests went for £750 in a massive sale at Kimbolton Castle in July 1949 ; where is it now ?

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Angel roof, 1513 or earlier, Martock All Saints, Somerset #Woodensday

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5 years

Favourite new plant from this week's #GardenersWorld : speirantha convallarioides ; likes moist shade, acid soil

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Usually at Stonyhurst or the V&A, but currently in the #Tudors exhibition at The Met, the only surviving cope of 29 (plus vestments for priest, deacon and subdeacons) commissioned by Henry VII for his new Lady Chapel at @wabbey 1499-1502 🧵

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2 years

Pavise (tournament shield) c.1470, probably French or Burgundian, in @britishmuseum #vousoulamort

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1 year

Eton Chapel wall paintings - who knew ?!! (1479-87).(Well we wouldn't, would we ? ;-))

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Panels in the parlour of Haddon Hall which they tell you are supposed to be Henry VII & Elizabeth of York (Daderot on Wikimedia)

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#MosaicMonday A beardless C6th Christ treading on the beasts of the Devil as in Psalm 90 (old style) at San Vitale, Ravenna

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2 months

Oh *yes* 😍 (And room for another shelf at the side for teacup, alarm clock etc) @todbooklady

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Dr Daniel Cook

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Yay or nay?

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10 months

A close up of Charles I's pearl earring, removed post execution, now at @harleygallery ; interesting to see the pearl hangs from a crown . .

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5 months

The portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer & his family tree by John Speed from the 1602 2nd edition of the #CanterburyTales edited by Thomas Speght; interesting that the De La Pole side ends with Edmund, even though like his elder brother John he was attainted for treason

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On 8th August 1503 in accordance with the Treaty of Perpetual Peace, 13yo Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII, was married to 30yo James IV of Scotland at Holyrood Abbey (f.243 of the Hours of James IV); this was to have far reaching consequences . .

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4 years

Will be watching the new series of @mrgeorgeclarke 's #AmazingSpaces 9pm #Ch4 to see who's stuck this on their house ;-) @PosyHill1 @Horatioforever @NellytheWillow

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6 years

Henry VI & Margaret of Anjou before God, with patron saints St George and St Margaret with their neutralized dragons, from BL Harley 318 f.8v (genealogical roll of the Anglo-Saxon and English kings,1445-60) ; BM stamp by someone in a blindfold . .

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December 9th 1538 Henry Courtenay, Maquess of Exeter KG, once a popular companion of Henry VIII and his 1st cousin, was executed on Tower Hill (by some accounts with a sword because of his royal blood) for treasonable correspondence with Reginald Pole (Henry 2nd from left here)

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3 months

Charles the Bold's sword of state had a genuine unicorn scabbard 😉

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6 years

When did this fad for using crap contemporary pop over the title sequence for a period drama start ? ;( #VanityFair

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Parure recovered from the abbey church of St Denis in Paris in 1959, once thought that of Merovingian queen Arégonde, but now assessed as 50 yrs later ie c.630CE

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The name "Richard Plantagenet" was entered in the church register. The elderly brickie was supposedly found *reading a book* *in Latin* in his break time by the estate owner Sir Thomas Moyle, and confided his story

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OTD 1550, Death of Richard of Eastwell (Richard Plantagenet) a bricklayer, supposedly the illegitimate son of Richard III, buried at St Mary’s Church, Eastwell in Kent. It has been in ruin for the last 70 years and is now cared for by the charity Friends of Friendless Churches.

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3 years

Catherine of Aragon's original black marble tomb in Peterborough cathedral (having been stripped of any gold by Roundheads) was taken by an C18th dean to make a floor for his summerhouse 😲

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8 months

The effigies of Richard Neville, brother of Cecily Duchess of York, father of Warwick the Kingmaker, and his wife Alice Montacute, suo jure Countess of Salisbury; sadly knocked about but still in existence, not lost like the others at Bisham Priory

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The bigger picture.

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1 year

Happy Birthday Mum. I don't know if she'd have made 88, but she certainly would have had another 5 years if not for certain people.

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@natchjourneyman @RCT Francois Clouet 15 yrs later at the French court

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2 years

St Giles brighter on the inside than the outside, and a very good acoustic. This is the oldest crown in Britain, refashioned for James V and held over the infant Mary Queen of Scots and James VI

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Portrait of Kateryn Parr probably c.1547 to be sold at Sotheby's this summer; it was bought by Sarah, Countess of Jersey from the sale of the Duke of Buckingham's collection at Stowe House in 1848

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The spectacular tomb of Bishop Robert Sherborne d. 21st August 1536 (possibly aged 96) in Chichester Cathedral; sent on diplomatic missions to Rome by Henry VII and onside, perhaps reluctantly, for Henry VIII's divorce (Peter Symonds on Wikimedia) #MonumentsMonday

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St Michael defeats the Devil from the completely stunning BnF Latin MS 1156 B f.165r (Rennes, c.1550)

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Edward V with the crown hovering over his head in the "Oliver King" Chapel in St George's Chapel, Windsor c.1492-95; and supposedly in the restored glass at St Matthew's (once St Mary's), Coldridge, Devon

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St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden: the largest non-cathedral church in Essex and the spire of 193ft makes it the highest in the county. C15th upgrade by master mason John Wastell at the same time as his work on King's College Chapel, Cambridge

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1 year

Scullery ! How old do you have to be to remember one ? 😁

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Frank Taylor Lockwod (1895-1961) The Scullery, 15 Dalston Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, 1944

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3 years

I get the feeling people were too nervous of Catherine de Medici to mention clashing patterns (Blois)

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According to a letter from Perceval de Boulainvilliers, a councillor of Charles VII, to the Duke of Milan on July 21st 1429, 6th January 1412 was the birth date of Jeanne d'Arc

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On 4th August 1557 after a Catholic funeral, Anne of Cleves became the only wife of Henry VIII to be buried in Westminster Abbey; her tomb near the High Altar was behind the 2 throne chairs at the recent Coronation. The decoration echoed heraldic panels made for one of her homes

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#RIP Jean Charles de Menezes, killed at Stockwell station today in 2005 http://t.co/oQ7jOXpgIs

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Amazing. The Household Book of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, showing who came to dinner on Sunday 13th May 1431 when he was in charge at Rouen (during Joan of Arc's imprisonment ; young Henry VI also resident)

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4 years

Elizabeth I from a Coram Rege roll (Court of the King's Bench)

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6 years

We also didn't get a proper look at the amazing fan vaulting #StGeorgesChapel

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#SteepleSaturday Rotherwas Chapel, Herefordshire

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2 years

I wonder what Anne Boleyn would think of people buying B pearl drop Xmas tree decorations and deliberately hanging them higher than the Henry VIII ones 😈😅🙂 #InsidetheTower #5

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. . but Richard II wanted to add the wow factor and had veteran architect Henry Yeverle and master carpenter Hugh Herland construct the unsupported hammerbeam roof 1395-8 from timbers brought upriver from Surrey. In the upper window niches are 6 statues of kings

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Hugh Herland also responsible for the wooden fan vaulting of Winchester College chapel

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And there were periwigs in the Garden of Eden ! Delftware c.1720 ; hilarious 😂

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So, Richard III's trusty Richard Ratcliffe (The Cat, the Rat, etc.) was first cousin of the Sir John Pennington of Muncaster who sheltered Henry VI and was given the glass bowl - the "Luck" of Muncaster

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Mural of Henry VIII c.1536 discovered at The Old House, Milverton, Somerset (Country Life 2017)

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Charter of Mary I confirming the privileges of the City of Hull, 1553; as well as her father's lion, dragon & fleur de lys (for the claim to the throne of France), she uses her mother Catherine of Aragon's pomegranate symbol

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Virginals/spinet made for Elizabeth I in Venice in 1594, bearing not just the royal arms but even at this late date the falcon & sceptre of her mother, Anne Boleyn @thetudortimes @KateWilliamsme @sixteenthCgirl

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@HoganSOG It's a dovecote for messenger pigeons ;-) Often they had tiers of nesting boxes, but this one (first pic) seems to have circular ledges

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Today in 1468 between 5am and 6am Margaret of York, sister of Edward IV & Richard Duke of Gloucester, married Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy ; she was given Mechelen, Mons & Oudenarde and probably wore this coronet, presented later to the statue of the Virgin at Aachen

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If the livestream of the #queensfuneral made you wonder why Henry VIII never did get a tomb, but only this black slab placed more or less over a vault in the quire . .

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The C15th Virgin & Child ring which detectorist Matthew Hepworth has found in a field near Morecambe

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Poor Sybil Clare, only heir of Gabriel & Margaret Blycke, who d. aged 19 only a year after marrying Francis Clare, and stillborn baby Anne; St Mary Magdalene, Twyning (jmc4 on flickr) #MonumentsMonday

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. . but of course the 26 angels on the hammerbeams are easier to see; just ;) (Photography by Michael Rimmer)

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Mary Queen of Scots, b. today 1542 and queen six days later, by François Clouet c.1549 (Yale University Library, red & black chalk)

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The Martyrdom of St Edmund at St Peter & Paul, Pickering c.1470; banderoles in English #WednesdayWallpaintings

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That be an Ent-wife 😊

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TREE TREAT- A highly expressive German tree spotted in the Black Forest in 1997

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Oh, Coggeshall Abbey is for sale again . . 😍

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Catherine of Aragon looking as though she's just seen Henry chatting up Anne Boleyn across the room (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff ; donated by a Miss Pettigrew in 1930)

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@AjayRedonkulus At least it gives the opportunity to remember her, as well as appreciate the craftsmanship. Yes, it wasn't much fun being a medieval princess ;(

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That's the second time recently I've seen what used to be a women's college with an all-male team, grrr #UniversityChallenge

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Thanks to @ENortonHistory for reminding me of the fabulous Babenberger family tree, made like a triptych in Lower Austria 1489-92 for Klosterneuberg monastery; some of the rulers' wives on the right hand panel

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Should you have £1.3M handy you may fancy a Somerset courthouse turned school built by Margaret Beaufort (not personally of course ;))

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A young James Mason (who had a first in architecture from Peterhouse, Cambridge) once played Mr Darcy in a production of #PrideandPrejudice at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in the 1930s

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#Didyouknow that there are over 13,000 artworks languishing in storage @ National Galleries of Scotland alone ? Many accepted in lieu of tax, and not rubbish either, eg: JMW Turner, East View of Fonthill Abbey, Noon (1800) @JohnConstableRA

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"Penstemons are absolutely immune to slug attack" - Carol Klein 👍🙂 #GardenersWorld #bbc2

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OTD 1507 d.aged 38 Cecily, younger sister of Elizabeth of York, named for her grandmother and thrice married. While made illegitimate by parliament like all her siblings, she was briefly married to Ralph Scrope of Upsall (who eventually became Lord Scrope of Masham) . .

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Like St Stephen's Chapel, the Painted Chamber (or King's Chamber) is another lost part of the old palace of Westminster, damaged by fire, used by the Lords then demolished in 1851 (1799 watercolour by Capon)

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5 months

Fell asleep before I could repost everybody's favourite 3 Wise Men 😊

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1 year

'Twas the night before Xmas, and everyone's favourite Three Wise Men were snugly tucked up, but no, #angelsaystimetogetup (From the cathedral of St Lazare, Autun, by Gislebertus ;))

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24th September 1486 Arthur, heir of Henry VII was baptised at Winchester Cathedral; not in the Tournai font, but the silver basin sent from Canterbury. Elizabeth of York caught a chill waiting for the Earl of Oxford (a godfather) to get there and up the longest nave in Europe

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@History_Lauren Thought it was just me, glad you think so too (Henry also strangely slender). This one should have gone in the bin.

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Like boiled sweets 🙂

@artinsociety

Journal of Art in Society

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Remarkable microscope photography of a handful of sand grains selected from a beach in Maui (Gary Greenberg)

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3 years

Surely the best handwriting of any monarch ? "This book is mine", in Latin, on #RichardIII 's copy of the Romance of Tristan (Harley MS 49 f.155r) And on the anniversary of #Bosworth , a look at the real motivations of the Stanleys

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Stephanie Brooke

3 years

An unlikely looking Mary Magdalene by Michel Erhart (1475-80), Ulm Museum

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Stephanie Brooke

6 years

I think it's right to say that Richard III would not have been found without his work tracing a live collateral descendant spurring on Philippa Langley. John proved you should always question everything, not just accept "the usual version".

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Richard III Society

6 years

It is with tremendous sadness that we have learned today of the death of Dr John Ashdown-Hill. We would like to send our condolences to his family and friends. God Bless you John - we will miss you. Rest in Peace.

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Stephanie Brooke

3 years

The royal arms on the overmantle of the Withdrawing Room at Brereton Hall ; under Elizabeth I the lion and dragon begin to look at *you*, not each other (wonder if that crack could be fixed .. )

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Stephanie Brooke

9 months

A reminder of why the Stanleys were really out to get Richard III at Bosworth, and it had nothing to do with the sons of Edward IV; it was about Hornby Castle

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Stephanie Brooke

1 year

Seeing that Luke Jerram's #Gaia will be at Taunton Minster (St Mary Magdalen) next month made me look it up; its amazing tower finished in 1508

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Stephanie Brooke

5 years

Daughter of John of Gaunt and Constance of Castile (his second marriage, during which he was also producing Beauforts with Katherine Swynford) ; why Catherine of Aragon had her own claim to the English throne via her mother Isabella, Catherine of Lancaster's great-granddaughter

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John McCafferty

5 years

2 June 1418: d. Katherine [Catalina] of Lancaster, Queen of #Castile at Valladolid #otd (Borjaanimal)

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Stephanie Brooke

1 year

The "Pelican" Portrait of Elizabeth I, probably by Nicholas Hilliard (the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)

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