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Presentation miniature from Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, the first printed book in the English language, translated by en:Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, younger brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and printed by William Caxton. The miniature shows Rivers presenting the book to his brother-in-law King Edward IV, accompanied by his consort Queen Elizabeth Woodville and her son Edward, Prince of Wales. Lambeth Palace Library, MS 265. Rivers displays on his tabard arms quarterly of 6:

  • 1: Argent, a fess and a canton conjoined gules (Woodville)
  • 2: Gules, a lion/griffin rampant or
  • 3: Barry of ten argent and azure, a lion rampant gules armed langued and crowned or (Grand Dukes of Luxemburg)
  • 4: Gules, a star of sixteen points argent (Baux)
  • 5: Gules, an eagle ? displayed or
  • 6: Vair (Beauchamp of Hatch, Somerset)
Date circa 1480
date QS:P,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://www.pinterest.com/pin/426927239652815703
Author Lorenzo Lippi
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Presentation miniature showing Anthony Woodville presenting a book to his brother-in-law King Edward IV, accompanied by his consort Queen Elizabeth Woodville and her son Edward, Prince of Wales

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