A ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde of the coronacyon of our moost naturall souerayne lorde kynge Henry the eyght
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Reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library
Reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library
Stephen Hawes (d. 1523?), A ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde of the coronacyon of our moost naturall souerayne lorde kynge Henry the eyght, woodcut illustration of a broadsheet, London 1509; image source: Cambridge University Library, Short-title catalogue, no. 12953. Reproduced by the kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/16u99e0/44CAM_ALMA21281938630003606
The invention of printing allowed for the distribution of lucrative commercial news as brochures or illustrated broadsheets. The illustration shown here is a leaflet that depicts the coronation of Henry VIII of England (1491–1547) and his wife Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536).
Stephen Hawes: A ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde of the coronacyon of our moost naturall souerayne lorde kynge Henry the eyght, woodcut illustration of a broadsheet, London 1509, reproduced by the kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.