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Juana of Castile, surrounded by the Great Crossbow guild, reaches Brussels' Grand Square during her Joyous Entry into the city on 9th December 1496.
Illustration from Kupferstichkabinett MS 78D5.
Illustration from Kupferstichkabinett MS 78D5.
August 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Juana of Castile, surrounded by the Great Crossbow guild, reaches Brussels' Grand Square during her Joyous Entry into the city on 9th December 1496.
Illustration from Kupferstichkabinett MS 78D5.
Illustration from Kupferstichkabinett MS 78D5.
A contemporary portrait of Katharine of Aragon by Joannes Corvus, vs. its better known 17th century copy.
This is a great example of how details can end up being altered during the copying process; Katharine's retroussé nose is straightened, & her rounded chin made more angular.
This is a great example of how details can end up being altered during the copying process; Katharine's retroussé nose is straightened, & her rounded chin made more angular.
June 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A contemporary portrait of Katharine of Aragon by Joannes Corvus, vs. its better known 17th century copy.
This is a great example of how details can end up being altered during the copying process; Katharine's retroussé nose is straightened, & her rounded chin made more angular.
This is a great example of how details can end up being altered during the copying process; Katharine's retroussé nose is straightened, & her rounded chin made more angular.
A comparison of Anne of Cleves’ 1539 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, after and before its 2024 cleaning my the Louvre Museum.
June 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A comparison of Anne of Cleves’ 1539 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, after and before its 2024 cleaning my the Louvre Museum.
The first page of an undated letter from Fernando II of Aragon to his daughter Katharine of Aragon, wherein he states that he has received both she & Henry VIII's letters, and that "all of them" caused him "much pleasure[,] principally for having known of your pregnancy."
June 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The first page of an undated letter from Fernando II of Aragon to his daughter Katharine of Aragon, wherein he states that he has received both she & Henry VIII's letters, and that "all of them" caused him "much pleasure[,] principally for having known of your pregnancy."
John Blanke, a Black trumpeter at the courts of Henry VII & Henry VIII, depicted performing in the opening and closing processions of a joust celebrating the birth of Henry VIII’s son Henry, Duke of Cornwall; from the Westminster Tournament Roll, created in 1511 by Thomas Wriothesley’s workshop.
May 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
John Blanke, a Black trumpeter at the courts of Henry VII & Henry VIII, depicted performing in the opening and closing processions of a joust celebrating the birth of Henry VIII’s son Henry, Duke of Cornwall; from the Westminster Tournament Roll, created in 1511 by Thomas Wriothesley’s workshop.
An oak panel, made in the early 16th century, which has recently been posited as depicting Katharine of Aragon and her daughter, the future Queen Mary I.
The panel originally formed part of the decorations of the Great Hall at Halnaker House in Sussex.
The panel originally formed part of the decorations of the Great Hall at Halnaker House in Sussex.
April 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
An oak panel, made in the early 16th century, which has recently been posited as depicting Katharine of Aragon and her daughter, the future Queen Mary I.
The panel originally formed part of the decorations of the Great Hall at Halnaker House in Sussex.
The panel originally formed part of the decorations of the Great Hall at Halnaker House in Sussex.
By September, Badoer was reporting on Fernando II’s anger that plans to marry one of the two Marías to Giuliano, the ruler of Florence & brother of Pope Leo X, had fallen through. Both Marías returned to their lives as nuns, with María Esperanza later becoming an abbess.
![Oct. 8. Sanuto Diaries, v. xvii. pp. 137, 138. 330. Badoer, Venetian Ambassador in Spain, to the Signory.
Dated Valladolid, 16th and 18th September.
Writes news of the English and of their capture of Terouenne. The King of England is young, rich and warlike, and will destroy France.
King Ferdinand told Badoer that the Fope had been negotiating a marriage between his brother, the Magnifico Julian, and his (King Ferdinand's) natural daughter, the King having taken her out of a convent, as already written by Badoer.
It now seems that the Pope means to marry his brother to the daughter of the late King Frederick of Naples, who is in Italy; so King Ferdinand abused the Pope grossly, saying he was only good to play the lute, and knew nothing of statesmanship, and that he is the one who maintains the wars amongst Christians, using much foul language against him.
[Italian.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jqzniaa2anpktyylmzkluq6c/bafkreifflrpagdo5neg6aa5knu3fgcctkal7ikkxwgbzf6c5qxqiupvesy@jpeg)
April 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
By September, Badoer was reporting on Fernando II’s anger that plans to marry one of the two Marías to Giuliano, the ruler of Florence & brother of Pope Leo X, had fallen through. Both Marías returned to their lives as nuns, with María Esperanza later becoming an abbess.
In August 1513, the Venetian ambassador to Spain, Zuan Badoer, reported how Fernando II had taken María Esperanza & María Blanca, two of his illegitimate daughters, from the Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Gracia convent to marry them off, in opposition to the Marías own desires.
![Sept. 10. Sanuto Diaries, v. xvii. p. 30
296. The Venetian Ambassador in Spain, Zuan Badoer, Doctor and Knight, to the State.
Dated Valladolid, 18th August; in cipher, deciphered.
Details conversations held with the King (of Arragon) at mass, and afterwards alone; he said that the Signory ought to make terms with the Emperor, and renounce Verona. The King is doubtful as to the result of matters between France and England, and suspects the English will not be victorious. The King had removed two of his natural daughters from an Observantine convent, meaning to give them in marriage, although they were content to remain as they were. The Queen [Germaine de Foix] was indisposed, after the fashion of young women married to old husbands.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jqzniaa2anpktyylmzkluq6c/bafkreihfyjh5cwgq7iyvq6qgl7bccn4w7mmafxwrxvggiukztmrqkqk5hu@jpeg)
April 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In August 1513, the Venetian ambassador to Spain, Zuan Badoer, reported how Fernando II had taken María Esperanza & María Blanca, two of his illegitimate daughters, from the Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Gracia convent to marry them off, in opposition to the Marías own desires.
Katharine of Aragon as Mary Magdalene, by Michel Sittow.
Marguerite of Austria as Mary Magdalene by Bernard van Orley.
Marguerite of Austria as Mary Magdalene by Bernard van Orley.
March 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Katharine of Aragon as Mary Magdalene, by Michel Sittow.
Marguerite of Austria as Mary Magdalene by Bernard van Orley.
Marguerite of Austria as Mary Magdalene by Bernard van Orley.
The Infantas Juana and Catalina (known to history as Juana of Castile and Katharine of Aragon), daughters of Isabel of Castile, by her court painter Juan de Flandes, c.1490s.
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Infantas Juana and Catalina (known to history as Juana of Castile and Katharine of Aragon), daughters of Isabel of Castile, by her court painter Juan de Flandes, c.1490s.
Jane Seymour during her brief queenship, in a preparatory sketch by Hans Holbein, and in a detail of the finished painting, c.1536-37.
February 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Jane Seymour during her brief queenship, in a preparatory sketch by Hans Holbein, and in a detail of the finished painting, c.1536-37.
‘la pñesa de gales’ (‘the princess of wales’):
Katharine of Aragon’s signature, in letters to: her mother Isabel of Castile (November 1504), sister Juana of Castile (October 1505), father Fernando of Aragon (August 1507), & father’s secretary Miguel de Almazán (September 1507).
Katharine of Aragon’s signature, in letters to: her mother Isabel of Castile (November 1504), sister Juana of Castile (October 1505), father Fernando of Aragon (August 1507), & father’s secretary Miguel de Almazán (September 1507).
February 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
‘la pñesa de gales’ (‘the princess of wales’):
Katharine of Aragon’s signature, in letters to: her mother Isabel of Castile (November 1504), sister Juana of Castile (October 1505), father Fernando of Aragon (August 1507), & father’s secretary Miguel de Almazán (September 1507).
Katharine of Aragon’s signature, in letters to: her mother Isabel of Castile (November 1504), sister Juana of Castile (October 1505), father Fernando of Aragon (August 1507), & father’s secretary Miguel de Almazán (September 1507).
Letter from Henry VII (‘Henricus R’) to Fernando of Aragon & Isabel of Castile (‘principisbus Dñis Ferdinando et hellizabeth’) promising his son Prince Arthur (‘dñi principis Arturi’) in marriage to their daughter Katharine of Aragon (‘dñe principisse done katine’), c.1497-99.
February 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Letter from Henry VII (‘Henricus R’) to Fernando of Aragon & Isabel of Castile (‘principisbus Dñis Ferdinando et hellizabeth’) promising his son Prince Arthur (‘dñi principis Arturi’) in marriage to their daughter Katharine of Aragon (‘dñe principisse done katine’), c.1497-99.
Miniatures of Katharine of Aragon by Lucas Horenbout, c.mid-late 1520s.
February 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Miniatures of Katharine of Aragon by Lucas Horenbout, c.mid-late 1520s.
Children of Isabel of Castile, as featured in works by Juan de Flandes, one of Isabel’s court painters:
Portrait of Juana of Castile
Portrait of Katharine of Aragon
Juan, Prince of Asturias & his wife Marguerite of Austria as the bridal couple in ‘The Marriage Feast at Cana’.
Portrait of Juana of Castile
Portrait of Katharine of Aragon
Juan, Prince of Asturias & his wife Marguerite of Austria as the bridal couple in ‘The Marriage Feast at Cana’.
February 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Children of Isabel of Castile, as featured in works by Juan de Flandes, one of Isabel’s court painters:
Portrait of Juana of Castile
Portrait of Katharine of Aragon
Juan, Prince of Asturias & his wife Marguerite of Austria as the bridal couple in ‘The Marriage Feast at Cana’.
Portrait of Juana of Castile
Portrait of Katharine of Aragon
Juan, Prince of Asturias & his wife Marguerite of Austria as the bridal couple in ‘The Marriage Feast at Cana’.
I love the contrast in expressions between Holbein’s sketch & portrait of Mary, Lady Guildford. In the sketch, Holbein captures a smile, while the portrait depicts a somber expression. I think it speaks to the intimacy of Holbein’s sketches vs. the grandeur of his portraits.
February 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I love the contrast in expressions between Holbein’s sketch & portrait of Mary, Lady Guildford. In the sketch, Holbein captures a smile, while the portrait depicts a somber expression. I think it speaks to the intimacy of Holbein’s sketches vs. the grandeur of his portraits.
An entry from the 1516 inventory of Marguerite of Austria's possessions, describing a painting by Michel Sittow which depicts the Madonna and Child:
"Another little Our-Lady saying her hours; made by the hand of Michiel, which Madame calls her darling, and the little God sleeps."
"Another little Our-Lady saying her hours; made by the hand of Michiel, which Madame calls her darling, and the little God sleeps."
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
An entry from the 1516 inventory of Marguerite of Austria's possessions, describing a painting by Michel Sittow which depicts the Madonna and Child:
"Another little Our-Lady saying her hours; made by the hand of Michiel, which Madame calls her darling, and the little God sleeps."
"Another little Our-Lady saying her hours; made by the hand of Michiel, which Madame calls her darling, and the little God sleeps."
Two inscriptions & signatures, one by Elizabeth of York and the other by Katharine of Aragon, in a flyleaf of the Bohun Psalter, denoting each’s respective ownership of this prayer book when Queen of England:
‘thys boke ys myn
Elysabeth ye quene’
‘thys boke ys myn
katherina the quene’
‘thys boke ys myn
Elysabeth ye quene’
‘thys boke ys myn
katherina the quene’
February 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Two inscriptions & signatures, one by Elizabeth of York and the other by Katharine of Aragon, in a flyleaf of the Bohun Psalter, denoting each’s respective ownership of this prayer book when Queen of England:
‘thys boke ys myn
Elysabeth ye quene’
‘thys boke ys myn
katherina the quene’
‘thys boke ys myn
Elysabeth ye quene’
‘thys boke ys myn
katherina the quene’
absolutely obsessed with the hennin worn by chappell roan at the grammys!
last year, she wore an escoffion to a grammys event — so i’m hoping this is a trend, & we’ll see her in a fabulous medieval headdress every year.
last year, she wore an escoffion to a grammys event — so i’m hoping this is a trend, & we’ll see her in a fabulous medieval headdress every year.
February 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
absolutely obsessed with the hennin worn by chappell roan at the grammys!
last year, she wore an escoffion to a grammys event — so i’m hoping this is a trend, & we’ll see her in a fabulous medieval headdress every year.
last year, she wore an escoffion to a grammys event — so i’m hoping this is a trend, & we’ll see her in a fabulous medieval headdress every year.
Katharine of Aragon’s card (the 6th of 46) in a card game devised by Gerónimo Pinar for Isabel of Castile in 1496; each of the 46 players are allocated a plant, bird, song lyric, & proverb.
From Roger Boase’s amazing in-depth study of the game, ‘Secrets of Pinar’s Game’ (2017).
From Roger Boase’s amazing in-depth study of the game, ‘Secrets of Pinar’s Game’ (2017).
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Katharine of Aragon’s card (the 6th of 46) in a card game devised by Gerónimo Pinar for Isabel of Castile in 1496; each of the 46 players are allocated a plant, bird, song lyric, & proverb.
From Roger Boase’s amazing in-depth study of the game, ‘Secrets of Pinar’s Game’ (2017).
From Roger Boase’s amazing in-depth study of the game, ‘Secrets of Pinar’s Game’ (2017).
‘Camitte The Hair Fixer Is Doing Ceola's Hair’ by Clementine Hunter, c. 1940s.
January 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
‘Camitte The Hair Fixer Is Doing Ceola's Hair’ by Clementine Hunter, c. 1940s.
The recent Six Wives exhibit at the National Gallery in London included a partial image of the stained glass window depicting Katharine of Aragon at the Vyne Chapel in Hampshire; possibly designed by Bernard van Orley, c.1522-30. Katharine’s sleeve is decorated with her symbol, a pomegranate.
January 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The recent Six Wives exhibit at the National Gallery in London included a partial image of the stained glass window depicting Katharine of Aragon at the Vyne Chapel in Hampshire; possibly designed by Bernard van Orley, c.1522-30. Katharine’s sleeve is decorated with her symbol, a pomegranate.
A chalk sketch, by Hans Holbein, of a woman in a fur-lined nightgown & linen cap; it was identified by Sir John Cheke (tutor to Edward VI & Elizabeth I) as depicting Anne Boleyn.
January 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A chalk sketch, by Hans Holbein, of a woman in a fur-lined nightgown & linen cap; it was identified by Sir John Cheke (tutor to Edward VI & Elizabeth I) as depicting Anne Boleyn.
A diptych depicting Marguerite of Austria worshipping the Madonna and Child, by the Master of 1499, c.1501-04.
January 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A diptych depicting Marguerite of Austria worshipping the Madonna and Child, by the Master of 1499, c.1501-04.
i remain obsessed with the fact that joe alwyn is going to be in both the upcoming film adaption of hamlet AND the upcoming film adaption of hamnet.
January 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
i remain obsessed with the fact that joe alwyn is going to be in both the upcoming film adaption of hamlet AND the upcoming film adaption of hamnet.