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Hugh Broughton, scholar and theologian, died #otd 1612. Shown here is 'Rome, the image of the beast' from Broughton's 'An harmonie of the Byble with a perfect Registre of the Tymes'. [LPL MS2 f. 18r.]

Today is the Feast of James the Apostle ('the Greater'). James is the patron saint of Spain and is traditionally remembered as the first apostle to be martyred. This hand-coloured engraving is taken from a 1710 edition of the Book of Common Prayer [**H5145.A4 1710]

Recently digitised is MS1456, a series of watercolours and engravings by the artist George Samuel of churches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, and Surrey, made c. 1786-1823. Here we have Harmondsworth, Middlesex. See: https://t.co/4duRH0JvMi

Today the Church commemorates Mark the Evangelist. This image from the 'Liber chronicarum', printed in Nuremberg in 1493 by Anton Koberger with designs by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, shows Mark with his traditional symbol of a lion. [[ZZ]1493.1, f. 104r]

Today the Church remembers Edmund, King of East Anglia. This is a late 13th century illumination of his martyrdom from the Lambeth Apocalypse (MS 209, f. 51).

And here he is causing havok on the ice! #Halloween #dansemacabre

Happy Halloween! Here's Death himself looking a little worn out by 'The English Dance of Death'. Thomas Rowlandson's witty update of the Danse Macabre was published in 1816 and is full of spooky happenings [K80.2/R79] #halloween

Today is the Feast of the Apostle James ('the Greater'), son of Zebedee. James is traditionally remembered as the first apostle to be martyred. This hand-coloured engraving is taken from a 1710 edition of the Book of Common Prayer [H5145.A4 1710[**]]

Many of the #watercolours from our collection can now be seen online: https://t.co/aOZBgQF72b
They include views of Lambeth Palace, paintings of Addington Place by Abp Sumner, & sketches by the Rev S. R. Maitland of his European travels (pictured c1828).

Thomas Tenison died #OnThisDay, 14 December 1715. He was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. Portrait from Lambeth Palace. #otd