Elizabeth I

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Jean de Beauchesne
"A Madame Elizabeth, fille unique du Roy de la grand Bretaigne" [Calligraphy book for Princess Elizabeth Stuart] (circa 1610)
Newberry Library (Wing MS ZW 639 .B382)
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In 1596 the Scottish king James VI strategically named his first daughter Elizabeth. This calligraphy book, made for princess Elizabeth after her father had become king of England, praises her as "a phoenix of her time"-words once used for her great namesake.

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