Monthly Archives: May 2010
Picture of the Week #73
Medieval citole in the British Museum, engraved with the arms of Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Photo May 1998. To learn more about this item, check out this British Museum webpage. You can also see a better … Continue reading
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Queen Elizabeth II marks Westminster anniversary
From the Westminster Abbey website: HM The Queen, Visitor of the College of St Peter in Westminster, and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service on Friday 21 May 2010 to Celebrate the 450th Anniversary of the Collegiate Foundation … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week #72
Flowers on the marker for Anne Boleyn in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London. Photo May 19, 1998.
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Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library Exhibition
From the Lambeth Palace webpage for the exhibition, which opens next Monday: Highlights of the exhibition include: * The MacDurnan Gospels, written and illuminated in Ireland in the 9th century * The Lambeth Bible, masterpiece of Romanesque art * 13th … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week #71
View from Edinburgh Castle. Photo May 2000. Nothing specifically Tudor-related in this, just a view that I like.
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Free lunchtime lecture on the Grey sisters this Thursday
For those of you in the area (and how I wish that *I* was!) – Leanda de Lisle will be giving a free lunchtime lecture on Thursday at 1:15 p.m. at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The talk is … Continue reading
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My "Wolf Hall" review – finally!
Since my cat keeps insisting that she must be on my desk while I’m working, I put her to work as a book stand. I say “finally” since I actually finished reading the book last fall and mentioned a few … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week #70
Stained glass window in St. Gredifael’s Church, near Penmynydd, Wales. Photo May 2000. Penmynydd is on the Isle of Anglesey, off the northwest coast of Wales. The area is ancenstral land of the Tudors and the great-great aunt and uncle … Continue reading
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Sunday short takes
* The dig at Shakespeare’s New Place that I’ve mentioned previously has a website where you can follow the excavation and see what they’ve been finding: http://www.digforshakespeare.com/ * Little Miss Sunnydale has posted photos from a visit to Ludlow Castle, … Continue reading
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