{"id":8033,"date":"2024-01-05T12:07:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2024-01-17T08:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:20:32","slug":"prof-micheline-whites-work-included-in-ctvs-the-15-best-art-design-and-archeology-discoveries-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/2024\/prof-micheline-whites-work-included-in-ctvs-the-15-best-art-design-and-archeology-discoveries-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Micheline White\u2019s work included in CTV\u2019s The 15 best art, design and archeology discoveries of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 15 best art, design and archeology discoveries of 2023<\/a><\/h3>\n

The mercurial British monarch Henry VIII may have been a bit out of touch at times, reshaping the country\u2019s religious trajectory to calamitous effect simply to get a divorce, but in other ways he was just like us, doodling in the margins of books. A Canadian professor spotted the royal marginalia unexpectedly while looking at an ancient prayer book owned by the Tudor king late in his life. His annotations \u2014 some 14 in total \u2014 were compared to other known markings to confirm their authenticity.<\/p>\n

The book, a gift to Henry, \u201ccontains prayers for repentance, for wisdom, for the destruction of enemies, and for the King and his army,\u201d according to the professor, Micheline White<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cTowards the end of his reign he definitely had a lot to be worried about,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

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Professor Micheline White Discovers King Henry VIII\u2019s Doodles in Rare Prayer Book<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n