Not until 2011 though. Maybe the exchange rate will have improved enough by then for me to travel over. 🙂
From the BBC:
Illustrated books once owned by English monarchs are to go on public display for the first time.
About 150 medieval and Renaissance books and other literary artefacts will be put on display at the British Library in London in 2011.
They are among almost 2,000 manuscripts donated to the British Museum by King George II in 1757.
The exhibition follows a major research project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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Manuscripts featured in the exhibition will include a copy of Philippe de Mezieres’s letter to Richard II and the Shrewsbury Book of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI, as a gift for their marriage in 1445.
Tip of the gable hood to Kathy for the link
Had a GLORIOUS dream last night that the pound to dollar ratio was $1.50!!! Ah…those were the wonderful days.
Want to get back across The Pond for next year, especially. Ol’ Hal 8 celebrating 500 years on the throne, ya know. Can’t see it happening, though. 🙁