An account of a rich illuminated missal executed for John Duke of Bedford, Regent of France under Henry VI, and afterwards in the possession of the late Duchess of Portland

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The song of the regent honeyeater has been heard in the bush for many generations – but could it soon be lost forever? Regent’s father had learnt the song from hi...

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When in Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine of France in 1154 A.D., he became at once the reigning sovereign over a vast stretch of land extending across all of Englan...

This chapter provides an overview of Congregational government and discipline at work in the Bedford church from its foundation in 1650 to the 1720s, and of Bunyan’s role as its mi...

Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand and their il...