Inside Hever Castle: Anne Boleyn's Books of Hours

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Two beautifully illuminated prayer books that belonged to Anne Boleynare on display at Hever Castle. She wrote in them and they bear her signature. These personal prayer books were popular in England from the 13th century until the Reformation and earned the name ‘Book of Hours’ from the short services to the Virgin Mary which were read at eight fixed hours during the day - including Matins and Vespers.
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25 авг 2020

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@livvymaidment 8 месяцев назад

Watching all of these in preparation of my visit on Thursday!

@Shane-Flanagan 3 года назад

Fascinating. Hever is a gorgeous castle nestled in beautiful English countryside. These books are precious historical treasures that hopefully will survive for many years to come. Owen is amazing and always so enthusiastic about his work

@hevercastle 3 года назад

Thank you for your lovely comment, Shane 😊

@sonia354 2 года назад

Magical place on earth -being wonderfully cared for by Owen

@celesteg5984 Год назад

Mary Boleyn was my 13th great grandmother… I’m planning on a trip to England sometime this year and I look forward to visiting and staying at the castle too!! ❤❤

@monicaselway5792 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing.

@hevercastle 3 года назад

You're welcome 😊

@benbaile1442 3 года назад

What an excellent video .I will go back to Hever Castle to look a the books

@colorizedenhanced-silentmo6773 3 года назад

salutations, Hever Castle & Gardens. it is fairly solid video. thanks. :)

@JB-xi5ek 3 года назад

Phew! Have just enjoyed watching all your videos this morning. Some could be combined, in my opinion, especially the very short ones. But overall, especially the seasonal early ones, are all lovely to see. I eagerly await further videos, perhaps explaining the Faith and Diana walks and how they got to be so named. I mention these because the excellent video explaining how the Italian gardens were named made them more interesting. Regards, JB

@Xele2010uk 2 года назад

i have been to hever si many times and still one of my tudor go to places

@hevercastle 2 года назад

Thanks for visiting us 😊

@sithrae2247 2 года назад

How do you read the texts? Not the writing ones 🤩

@jillcooke7240 3 года назад

This is the first time I've seen historic publications handled without gloves! Is there precedent for this? An interesting video and it is grand to see the actual inscriptions, but the article by Smithsonian was more informational. Nice work.

@hevercastle 3 года назад

Hi Jill, we haven’t used glove to handle precious book like this for many years now. It has long been best practice to use clean and thoroughly dry hands, because the sensitivity of touch in our fingertips are a vital tool in helping us to prevent damaging or ripping the previous parchment. Gloves deaden this vital sense of touch which we rely on to keep the book safe. For more information, visit the National Archives guidance on not using gloves: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-gloves-are-off/