Ricardus Rex

The King etc, greetings...

To oure grete mervayle.

(So bloody done with the 15th century.)

Lil Bro of @GofClarence

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@LauraAKarim Much like the Tower of London or any other fortified castle in England was used for both lodging and as a jail at the same time; a concept that was foreign to Popplau because in the Holy Roman Empire, prisons were usually separate from palaces or castles. /fin

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@LauraAKarim That's an entirely different meaning. The children are not kept 'like prisoners', but in addition to the king's own children and the children of great lords, who are being kept safe [verwahrt] there, there are also prisoners at Pontefract [because it's a strong castle].

[George of Clarence @GofClarence]

On this daye in the yere 1503 dyed oure most beloved sustre Margaret of Yorke, duchesse of Borgondie and Harri Tydders worst nightmare. 💔#OTD #WarsOfTheRoses #HouseOfYork #MargaretOfYork Oure lady sustre, oure most royall fadir wolde have been proud of you. 💙🏵️❤️

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@SocMedArch This is not an actual stained glass window at Sutton Cheney. It is a modern prop window that was once part of a 'chapel' exhibit at Bosworth Battlefield centre. Removed in 2006 and in storage now, in very bad condition. Pic of its former exhibit location: https://t.co/RAVhdDBIm6

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@LauraAKarim Good man 👍

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@LauraAKarim @nocretinsplease @GofClarence Look!

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@KingmakerGhost @RichardIIIGhost @GofClarence It's been 500 years! Just stop it, all of you, and move on for god's sake! 🙄 #thatsanorder

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

'Course it's made of straw, it's a Tudor, what did you expect? 🙄

[Westminster Abbey @wabbey]

The face of a king: Visitors to Westminster Abbey have long been struck by the startlingly realistic funeral effigy head of Henry VII - one of the most popular items on display in our museum, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. Now, a new project using the latest 3D scanning technology aims to discover more about how it was made.

The head was last scanned in the 1980s and the new initiative, run in partnership with digital heritage studio ThinkSee 3D, aims to improve our understanding about how it could have been created.

The effigy head is thought to be the work of the Italian Renaissance sculptor Pietro Torrigiano, who came to England after leaving Florence in around 1509-10.

Previous research concluded that Torrigiano must have used a model from Henry VII’s death mask to achieve such lifelike results. With the use of the latest high resolution modelling, it is hoped that a firmer link can be made between the death mask and Torrigiano’s work.

The head is the last surviving element of Henry’s effigy, which was carried on top of his coffin at his funeral in the Abbey in 1509. It was made of straw and wood with a padding of hay covered with canvas and then plaster. It suffered water damage during the Second World War, leaving only the head remaining.

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

Sometimes I wonder if supporting the printing press was a mistake....

[Medievalists.net @Medievalists]

New Medieval Books: The Beauforts https://t.co/zM8h3l63uR #Books

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@GofClarence Thank you, brother dear, I've slept quite well today 😊 You did a marvellous job with these portraits, we applaud you 👏🏻👏🏻

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@SylviaBSo The 'W' would make sense if it was a later addition commissioned by her granddaughter Winifred, by which time the 'Butt of Malmsey' story would've passed into the realm of legend as well.

[Ricardus Rex @ricardustertius]

@SylviaBSo It was then looked at again in 2014, arriving again at the conclusion that there was "extensive overpainting in the hands area". As mentioned, neither the barrel makes sense - Clarence was not drowned in a butt of Malmsey - nor does the W for 'Warwick'.