Roland Hui has written another fascinating and well-researched article about Tudor portraiture (do read his article A Reassessment of Queen Anne Boleyn
Month: October 2011
British Library’s Royal Manuscripts exhibition
The British Library’s next major exhibition Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination opens November 11, 2011 and runs through March 13, 2012.
I was originally planning to just mention this in my next round-up of upcoming books and exhibitions, but since I had collected several links about it, I thought it deserved a post of its own.
Although the opening is a few weeks away, the British Library has already been posting about the exhibition for a few months on their Digitised Manuscripts blog and have added a bunch of images to their Facebook page. They also have launched an app for tablets and smart phones with some information and zoomable images from the exhibition. I bought the iPad version and it’s lovely! And, if you’re in the area, they will have a two-day conference on December 12 and 13.
If anyone makes it to the exhibition or conference and does a write-up, let me know!
Picture of the Week #147
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 1998.
Sunday Short Takes
* Ludlow Castle seeks new keyholder – Want to be the custodian of the castle where Arthur Tudor died?
* Revealed, Henry VIII’s lost pleasure palace: Amazing scale model recreates Nonsuch Palace more than 300 years after it was destroyed – More photos of the recreation of Nonsuch Palace that I posted about in a previous Sunday Short Takes
* Scottish football ‘more than 500 years old’ – Way back when this blog used to be a static “News and Events” page I had a post about the ball mentioned in this article, but it must not have made it through the transition. This new documentary evidence sheds some interesting light on the history of sport in the 16th century.
Picture of the Week #146
Main Entrance to Hampton Court Palace. Photo June 2000.
Sunday Short Takes
Short round-up this week:
* Inteview with Dr Erin Sadlack, author of The French Queen’s Letters: Mary Tudor Brandon and the Politics of Marriage in 16th Century Europe at the Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide Blog.
* Treasures from the London Library: The Strongest Link – Part of a History Today series of articles on Treasures from the London Library that includes lots of interesting 16th century texts.
* And from the History Today archive: The Sinking of the Mary Rose (originally published in 1982, the year the ship was raised)
Picture of the Week #145
View from the top of the Great Keep of Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003.
Sunday Short Takes
* Kenilworth Castle displaying mysterious portrait of Elizabeth I – This is the painting that I posted about last year that was studied by the National Portrait Gallery. Here’s more information from English Heritage.
* British Library’s Treasures in Full: Renaissance Festival Books – I thought I had posted about this collection before, but I couldn’t find it in the archives. This is a collection of over 250 16th and 17th century books from around Europe digitized by the British Library.
* Ancient music books accessible to all – Another great digitization project, this time of early music books. The archive is at Early Music Online.
And finally…
* Wendy Dunn is teaming up with Natalie Grueninger of On the Tudor Trail to bring back the Tudor Ghost Story Contest! I know some of you will be pleased to hear this since I still occasionally get emails asking if the contest would be back – and now it is! There will be a US $5 fee to enter, with all of the money going to the Mary Rose Trust.
Picture of the Week #144
Canterbury Cathedral. Photo May 2003.
