Fascinating. Hever is a gorgeous castle nestled in beautiful English countryside. These books are precious historical treasures that hopefully will survive for many years to come. Owen is amazing and always so enthusiastic about his work
Phew! Have just enjoyed watching all your videos this morning. Some could be combined, in my opinion, especially the very short ones. But overall, especially the seasonal early ones, are all lovely to see. I eagerly await further videos, perhaps explaining the Faith and Diana walks and how they got to be so named. I mention these because the excellent video explaining how the Italian gardens were named made them more interesting. Regards, JB
Mary Boleyn was my 13th great grandmother… I’m planning on a trip to England sometime this year and I look forward to visiting and staying at the castle too!! ❤❤
This is the first time I've seen historic publications handled without gloves! Is there precedent for this? An interesting video and it is grand to see the actual inscriptions, but the article by Smithsonian was more informational. Nice work.
Hi Jill, we haven’t used glove to handle precious book like this for many years now. It has long been best practice to use clean and thoroughly dry hands, because the sensitivity of touch in our fingertips are a vital tool in helping us to prevent damaging or ripping the previous parchment. Gloves deaden this vital sense of touch which we rely on to keep the book safe. For more information, visit the National Archives guidance on not using gloves: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-gloves-are-off/
Fascinating. Hever is a gorgeous castle nestled in beautiful English countryside. These books are precious historical treasures that hopefully will survive for many years to come. Owen is amazing and always so enthusiastic about his work
Thank you for your lovely comment, Shane 😊
Watching all of these in preparation of my visit on Thursday!
Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome 😊
What an excellent video .I will go back to Hever Castle to look a the books
Magical place on earth -being wonderfully cared for by Owen
salutations, Hever Castle & Gardens. it is fairly solid video. thanks. :)
Phew! Have just enjoyed watching all your videos this morning. Some could be combined, in my opinion, especially the very short ones. But overall, especially the seasonal early ones, are all lovely to see. I eagerly await further videos, perhaps explaining the Faith and Diana walks and how they got to be so named. I mention these because the excellent video explaining how the Italian gardens were named made them more interesting. Regards, JB
Mary Boleyn was my 13th great grandmother… I’m planning on a trip to England sometime this year and I look forward to visiting and staying at the castle too!! ❤❤
i have been to hever si many times and still one of my tudor go to places
Thanks for visiting us 😊
How do you read the texts? Not the writing ones 🤩
This is the first time I've seen historic publications handled without gloves! Is there precedent for this? An interesting video and it is grand to see the actual inscriptions, but the article by Smithsonian was more informational. Nice work.
Hi Jill, we haven’t used glove to handle precious book like this for many years now. It has long been best practice to use clean and thoroughly dry hands, because the sensitivity of touch in our fingertips are a vital tool in helping us to prevent damaging or ripping the previous parchment. Gloves deaden this vital sense of touch which we rely on to keep the book safe. For more information, visit the National Archives guidance on not using gloves: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-gloves-are-off/