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Sophie Bacchus-Waterman is a recent graduate of the School of Advanced Study, where she completed her dissertation on the Psalter of Anne Boleyn. She currently works as the Special Collections Photographer at St John’s College Library in Oxford, digitizing many of the library’s manuscripts and early printed books. She has written for the website The Anne Boleyn Files, and will be presenting her research findings on the Psalter of Anne Boleyn at the annual Kings and Queens conference in May 2024.
Sophie’s Tudor Takeaway
The Books of King Henry VIII and his Wives by James Carley
Natalie Grueninger speaks with Sophie Bacchus-Waterman about Anne Boleyn’s psalter.
Tune in to hear Natalie and Sophie discuss:
– How psalters were used in the sixteenth century
– The appearance and contents of Anne Boleyn’s psalter
– Its heraldry and decoration
– The psalter’s provenance
– Who may have commissioned the book for Anne
– The practice of gifting books in Tudor England
– Anne and George Boleyn’s interest in French evangelical texts
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