Title

Signatures of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, 16th century.Artist: King Henry VIII

Caption

Signatures of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, 16th century. Royal signatures in a Book of Hours of the Virgin and and other Offices, in Latin, written late in the 15th century, on vellum, and illuminated by Flemish artists. The MS appears to have belonged to a lady the the court of the first two Tudor kings, containing (on the two pages represented) autograph inscriptions by Henry VII and his wife, Elizabeth of York, and Henry VIII, and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. In the case of the last, the signature has been obliterated. From the third series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V, (London, 1899).
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Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C17_308

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (2,6Mb) / 15,7in x 12,4in / 4715 x 3718 (300dpi)

Keywords

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