NOTE1850
DEVOTIONAL TRACTS BELONGING TO QUEEN KATHERINE PARR
By E. CHARLTON, M.D. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
In your Number for August 10th, I observe an inquiry regarding a MS. book of prayers said to have belonged to Queen Katherine Parr. Of the book in question I know nothing, but there has lately come into my possession a volume of early English printed devotional works, which undoubtedly has belonged to this Queen. The volume is a small duodecimo, bound red velvet, with gilt leaves, and it has had ornamental borders and clasps of some metal, as the impressions of these are still distinctly visible upon the velvet covering. The contents of this volume are as follows: 1. "A sermon of Saint Chrysos…
Topics: Devotional Literature, Royal History, English Reformation
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