大英博物馆购买了一笔350万英镑的图多套装饰品,与亨利·八世和阿拉贡的凯瑟琳挂钩,由公众捐款和赠款供资。
The British Museum bought a £3.5 million Tudor pendant linked to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, funded by public donations and grants.
英国博物馆收购了价值350万英的图多尔心灵吊,该吊于2019年由沃里克郡的一名金属探测器师发现,与亨利八世和阿拉贡的凯瑟琳有关.
The British Museum has acquired the £3.5 million Tudor Heart pendant, discovered in 2019 by a metal detectorist in Warwickshire, linking it to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.
据信这件金质文物大约制作于1518年,以纪念他们的女儿玛丽与法国继承人的订婚,上面刻有都铎玫瑰、石榴和“tousiors”,意为“永远”。
Believed made around 1518 to mark their daughter Mary’s betrothal to the French heir, the gold artifact bears the Tudor rose, pomegranate, and "tousiors" meaning "always."
博物馆将通过与45 000多个捐助者和主要赠款(包括国家遗产纪念基金提供的175万英镑)共同开展的公共运动提供资金,博物馆将正式将其添加到收藏中,并可在联合王国各地巡回参观。
Funded through a public campaign with over 45,000 donors and major grants, including £1.75 million from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the museum will formally add it to its collection and may tour it across the UK.