TALBOT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY, PRESENTING HIS BOOK TO QUEEN MARGARET. … URING the fifteenth cen-tury, few gifts were moreacceptable, or more fre-quently offered amongprinces and nobles (for theyonly were capable of giving such expensive articles), than a richly illumi-nated book. The Royal MS. 15 E. VI. is a noble volume, made by the order of John Talbot, Earl of…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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