Sunday Short Takes

* I’m sure most of you have already heard about this but the National Portrait Gallery announced last week that the funding goal for the preservation work on the Anne Boleyn portrait has been reached! They will update that page periodically with progress reports. (My original post about the needed work can be found here.)

* Vatican’s Secret Archives on display in Rome exhibition – From the article: “An appeal by the English Parliament asking the Pope to annul Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon will be among 100 priceless documents from the Vatican’s Secret Archives to go on display in an unprecedented exhibition in Rome.”

* Cardinal Thomas Wolsey statue unveiled in Ipswich – Pictures from the unveiling of the statue project that I’ve linked to in the past

* King Henry VIII Gets a New Coat – The Henry VIII statue at the Mary Rose Museum (my Picture of the Week #122) got a bit of a spruce up earlier this year and is now back in place

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