A collaboration with BBC Radio 4 to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Faith
The monarch has been the head of the Church since Henry VIII rejected the authority of the Pope in the 16th century. Will Gompertz examines the history of the Monarchy’s changing relationship with religion and faith over the last 900 years through objects in the Royal Collection.
Francis JC Cooper (active 1953)
Coronation Pen
Sir Robert Vyner (1631-88)
The Ampulla
Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547)
Assertio Septem Sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum
Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)
The Sanctuary
India
Sword and scabbard
Vincennes porcelain factory (1738-56)
Broth bowl and stand
? Scotland
The Darnley Jewel or Lennox Jewel
Friedrich August Stuler (1800-65)
The Glaubensschild (Shield of Faith)
Attributed to Henry Greenway (free 1648)
Alms dish
Mainz : Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer
The Mainz Psalter
Girolamo da Treviso (active c 1497-1544)
A Protestant Allegory
Bedford Master (active c. early 15th century)
The Sobieski Hours
Flemish School, 16th century
The Family of Henry VII with St George and the Dragon
Attributed to William Scrots (active 1537-53)
Elizabeth I when a Princess
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-69)
