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| Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, Translation of 'The Mirror or Glass of the Sinful Soul'.jpg Punning royal needlework English 1544 At the age of eleven Princess Elizabeth translated and wrote out The Mirror or Glass of the Sinful Soul from a French meditational poem She dedicated it to her stepmother Queen Katherine Parr as a New Year gift for 1 January 1545 hoping to secure her position in the royal family The binding surely also Elizabeth's own handiwork is integral to the gift On the blue textile background a knot-work pattern of gold and silver braid encloses Katherine's initials in a form which echoes her own signature Stitched over padding in the corners are pansies pensées a favourite flower of the future queen ; Binding English 1544 Needlework by Princess Elizabeth later Elizabeth I ; Edition Translated and written out by Queen Elizabeth exhibition history Spine and front board source filename oulis2009-atb-0013-0 tif object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//a3786bac-4e39-4502-8d66-83ed5d07a5fe Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries Translation of 'The Mirror or Glass of the Sinful Soul' Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries Translation of 'The Mirror or Glass of the Sinful Soul' http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/a3786bac-4e39-4502-8d66-83ed5d07a5fe/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Bookbinding | ||||
