{"id":438,"date":"2008-08-06T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T21:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2008-08-06T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T21:32:24","slug":"large-collection-of-royal-books-to-go-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/06\/large-collection-of-royal-books-to-go-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Large collection of royal books to go on display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not until 2011 though. Maybe the exchange rate will have improved enough by then for me to travel over. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>From the BBC:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Illustrated books once owned by English monarchs are to go on public display for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>About 150 medieval and Renaissance books and other literary artefacts will be put on display at the British Library in London in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>They are among almost 2,000 manuscripts donated to the British Museum by King George II in 1757.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition follows a major research project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nManuscripts featured in the exhibition will include a copy of Philippe de Mezieres&#8217;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.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/7543242.stm\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tip of the gable hood to Kathy for the link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not until 2011 though. Maybe the exchange rate will have improved enough by then for me to travel over. \ud83d\ude42 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&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/06\/large-collection-of-royal-books-to-go-on-display\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}