Suzannah Lipscomb Instagram – I find the @maryrosemuseum endlessly moving. Here is the ship on which Henry VIII and Charles V walked and on which, on 19 July 1545, 500 men lost their lives.
Their belongings – preserved in the silt of the seabed and recovered in an extraordinary piece of maritime archaeology in the late 1970s and early 1980s – give us an unparalleled insight into everyday Tudor life.
Of the 19,000 objects on board, here are just some of my favourites:
– gold coins
– this leather pouch, embossed with IHS (the first letters of the name of Jesus in Greek) and a cross, which held a sundial and wooden gavel
– this stylish leather boot
– a jerkin dyed with red madder
– these beautifully-tooled book covers with Latin inscriptions and gold clasps | Posted on 18/Nov/2023 21:27:52
