Anne F. Sutton
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“A unique clue about Richard and his books and his attitude to them is to be found in the fact that he was able to quote from them.”
― Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince
― Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince
“The boar was a popular heraldic charge, used long before heraldry became standardised. The sanglier was the most dangerous and difficult animal to hunt, a beste noire (like the wolf and the bear) whose killer was greatly honoured. In contrast to the stag (one of the bestes rouges) which came to symbolise the Christian virtues – a flying stag was particularly associated with the kings of France – the boar stood for the sinner,12 but at the same time the boar’s very ferocity and power caused it to develop from a symbol of evil to an emblem of him who defeated it. In most stories the boar of evil is black and it is likely Richard very consciously chose a white boar to exorcise in advance all the vices of the animal and leave it only its virtues.”
― Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince
― Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince
“Ultimately we can only be certain he knew his book of hours well. The dangers of speculating about any library, such as Richard’s, which lacks a surviving, complete, regularly updated and reliable inventory, are great.”
― Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince
― Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince
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