catalinadetrastamara: Signatures of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon
catalinadetrastamara:Signatures of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Katherine 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 at 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, Katherine of Aragon. In the case of the last, the signature has been obliterated. King Henry VII has written:“Madam, I pray you remember me your lovyng master, Henry Rex”Undermeath Queen Elizabeth of York has added:“Madam I pray you for you forget not me, to pray to God that I may have grace of your prayers, Elizabeth the quene”Queen Katherine of Aragon has written:“ I thinke the prayers of a frend the most acceptable unto God and because I take you for one of myn assured I pray you remember me in yours, Katherine the quene” -- source link
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