Ultraviolet light reveals writing invisible to the naked eye in the margins of Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours. The doomed queen’s prayer book disappeared after her execution in 1536 and reappeared around 1903.
2024-04-12 词
The book vanished with Boleyn’s execution in 1536, then resurfaced around 1903 when it was acquired by the American millionaire William Waldorf Astor after he purchased Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home in the English countryside. The hiding place of the disgraced queen’s devotional tome had been a mystery for centuries, until recent research by a university student uncovered hidden signatures that helped trace its path through history.
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