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From the Telegraph:
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She said the "restored" tapestry, The Oath and Departure of Eliezer, was "one of the few remaining types of artwork to have a direct link with King Henry VIII himself." It was one of a series of 10 he commissioned, titled the Story of Abraham, to celebrate the birth of his son Edward to his third wife Jane Seymour in 1537.
Tapestries were the most highly valued art form of the 16th century and Henry VIII had collected more than 2,000 by his death.
Tapestries were the most highly valued art form of the 16th century and Henry VIII had collected more than 2,000 by his death.
And again from the Telegraph:
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A prayer roll once belonging to Henry and inscribed with his own handwriting, has been brought to light ahead of a major new exhibition on his life.
He [Dr David Starkey, curator of the exhibition] said that its existence finally ended the ongoing debate between scholars and historians over whether Henry had always harboured doubts about Catholicism or whether he underwent a "conversion" during his struggles with Rome over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, his first wife.
He [Dr David Starkey, curator of the exhibition] said that its existence finally ended the ongoing debate between scholars and historians over whether Henry had always harboured doubts about Catholicism or whether he underwent a "conversion" during his struggles with Rome over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, his first wife.
