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Historical jewelry books from amazon

Title	Author	Review
The Royal Palaces of Tudor England	Simon Thurley	this looks great, but is hardcover and expensive. 5 star rating $80
Hans Holbein the Younger. Painter at the court of Henry the VIII	Stephanie Buck	$28 looks interesting as these were the only images of these people at the time
Royal Jewels From Charlemagne to the Romanovs	Diana Scarisbrick	5 star review I am going to start with this one! 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: A model of painstaking scholarship that makes it an impressive addition to academic and community library collections, October 7, 2008 By <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A14OJS0VWMOSWO/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp" name="CustomerPopover|id|A14OJS0VWMOSWO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Midwest Book Review</a> (Oregon, WI USA) - <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A14OJS0VWMOSWO/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">See all my reviews</a> Compiled and co-edited by the team of art historian and fine jewelry historian Diana Scarisbrick, curator and specialist in royal European jewel collections Christophe Vachaudez and jewelry curator Jan Walgrave (who is also Honorary Director of the Diamond Museum in Antwer), "Royal Jewels: From Charlemagne To The Romanovs" surveys and showcases more than 800 years of jewelry associated with European monarchs. The informed and informative text is superbly enhanced with the inclusion of 290 full color and 25 black-and-white illustrations that include period paintings and photographs of bedecked royalty ranging from Louis XV, Napoleon, Empress Eugenie, Mary Queen of Scots, an Infanta of Spain, and members of the Medici family. Symbols of wealth, cultural status, and political power, jewels hung from necks and fingers, decorated clothing, enhanced the crowns of kings and the tiaras of queens. A beautiful book for browsing by the non-specialist general reader, "Royal Jewels" is a model of painstaking scholarship that makes it an impressive addition to academic and community library collections. . $48
Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570	Eamon Duffy	13 of 13 people found the following review helpful: Marking the Hours Indeed, May 25, 2007 By <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A666S3VG6EE08/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp" name="CustomerPopover|id|A666S3VG6EE08" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dianne Tillotson</a> <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#RN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> This fascinating and delightful book takes a different approach to most others on the subject of the medieval book of hours. Rather than assessing the books as art objects, it focuses on the very personal annotations and amendments that owners have made to the text, giving us an intimate glimpse at how the owners used and regarded their books. The books are no longer mere objects, but extensions of their owners. There is an academic movement currently examining readership, and this adds significantly to it as it examines the most commonly owned book of the middle ages. The author is an important authority in historical studies of the English Reformation, but this work, derived from a set of lectures, is very readable for a more general audience interested in the history of books and literacy. The illustrations are of excellent quality (even if some librarians were mystified as to why he wanted to photograph pages covered in scribble!).$28
<a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/Magical-Jewels-Renaissance-Particularly-England/dp/076618224X/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=IO6VPGEVRWA6F&colid=1CW9NKBKLJCSS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magical Jewels of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Particularly in England</a>	Joan Evans	From the back cover: "This book is a fascinating account of the belief in the magical powers of gems and jewels in Great Britain up to the end of the 18th century. The author has examined nearly every lapidary of importance from the ancient world through the renaissance and beyond..." $23
<a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/Rings-Jewelry-Power-Love-Loyalty/dp/0500513643/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2RNJUMOTBTSNW&colid=1CW9NKBKLJCSS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love, and Loyalty</a>	Diana Scarisbrick	For anyone who has a reverence and appreciation of finger rings, this is an amazing book. It is packed full of colour illustrations and lots of text. As a bench jewler, this is my favorite Diana Scarisbrick book. This looks great.New $31.50. I will buy this one for sure.