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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
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Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570 | Eamon Duffy | 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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. | ||