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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.63332#0110
EPILOGUE
In the foregoing detailed descriptions I have included only the work of
English binders. There are, however, many books existing that have
been bound for English royal personages abroad. Instances of these
occur notably for Henry VIII., Elizabeth, James I., Henrietta Maria,
Henrietta Anna, Charles II., the Chevalier St. George, and Cardinal
York. It will be noticed that generally the ornamentation of English
royal books is heraldic, and that crowned initials are constantly used
from the time of Henry VIII. to William IV. To understand the
royal coat-of-arms of England it is necessary, at all events, to note the
larger rearrangements of the various quarterings, which on the Tudor
bindings were simply France and England, quarterly. The two great
changes took place on the accession of the Stuart line, when the coats of
Scotland and England were introduced ; and on the accession of the
Hanoverian line, when the family coat of the Guelphs was introduced.
There are several minor alterations and additions, but these I have
mentioned as they have occurred, and the only other important change to
remember is concerning the supporters. From the time of Henry VII.
until 1528 these were a dragon and a greyhound, and from that time
until Elizabeth they were a lion and a dragon. Since the time of James
I. they have been a lion and unicorn. Badges are constantly found on
Tudor and early Stuart bindings. They are the well-known ones of
Tudor origin — the double rose, portcullis, pomegranate, fleur-de-lis,
and falcon. The fleur-de-lis remains longest of these. The Prince
of Wales’ feathers is commonly found on books from the time of
Edward VI.
The styles of bindings used by these great royal houses have also
characteristics common to each of them. The bindings of the Tudor
In the foregoing detailed descriptions I have included only the work of
English binders. There are, however, many books existing that have
been bound for English royal personages abroad. Instances of these
occur notably for Henry VIII., Elizabeth, James I., Henrietta Maria,
Henrietta Anna, Charles II., the Chevalier St. George, and Cardinal
York. It will be noticed that generally the ornamentation of English
royal books is heraldic, and that crowned initials are constantly used
from the time of Henry VIII. to William IV. To understand the
royal coat-of-arms of England it is necessary, at all events, to note the
larger rearrangements of the various quarterings, which on the Tudor
bindings were simply France and England, quarterly. The two great
changes took place on the accession of the Stuart line, when the coats of
Scotland and England were introduced ; and on the accession of the
Hanoverian line, when the family coat of the Guelphs was introduced.
There are several minor alterations and additions, but these I have
mentioned as they have occurred, and the only other important change to
remember is concerning the supporters. From the time of Henry VII.
until 1528 these were a dragon and a greyhound, and from that time
until Elizabeth they were a lion and a dragon. Since the time of James
I. they have been a lion and unicorn. Badges are constantly found on
Tudor and early Stuart bindings. They are the well-known ones of
Tudor origin — the double rose, portcullis, pomegranate, fleur-de-lis,
and falcon. The fleur-de-lis remains longest of these. The Prince
of Wales’ feathers is commonly found on books from the time of
Edward VI.
The styles of bindings used by these great royal houses have also
characteristics common to each of them. The bindings of the Tudor