The REAL face of Henry VII? Experts to scan 500-year-old funeral effigy head to find out how medieval craftsman made it so lifelike
The effigy rested atop Henry's coffin during his funeral in 1509. The head is all that survives after the body was destroyed ...
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Latest 3D technology reveals secrets of Henry VII's funeral effigy head
Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - ...
Is this the real face of Henry VII? Westminster Abbey is hoping to finally find out
The effigy head of the founder of the Tudor dynasty is one of the finest examples of its kind to have survived to the present ...
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Rare letter to Elizabeth I from possible love interest sold for £32,700
A rare signed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, has been sold for £32,700 – four times more than the estimated price.
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Rare letter to Elizabeth I from possible love interest sold for £32,700
The letter to Queen Elizabeth is signed by the Earl of Leicester (Lyon & Turnbull/PA) A rare signed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley ...
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Instead of a funeral effigy, as had been usual at previous royal funerals, only an imperial crown on a purple cushion lay on the coffin. The funeral was not elaborate and was held between 8 and 9:00pm ...