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Translation of 'The Mirror or Glass of the Sinful Soul'
Punning royal needlework. English, 1544. At the age of eleven, Princess Elizabeth translated and wrote out The Mirror or Glass of the Sinful Soul from a French meditational poem. She dedicated it to her stepmother, Queen Katherine Parr, as a New Year gift for 1 January 1545, hoping to secure her position in the royal family. The binding, surely also Elizabeth's own handiwork, is integral to the gi…
Creator
- Marguerite d'Angouleme
- Margaret of Valois
Subject
- England
- England
- Bindings
Date
- 1544
- 1544
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Source
- 520
Identifier
- http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/detail/ODLodl~29~29~132532~143695
Language
- mul
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1009a
Year
- 1544
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-06-04T07:51:17.246Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2014-06-04T07:51:17.246Z