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John Knox 'copy' is unveiled as original
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AN original 400-year-old portrait of the one of Scotland's
greatest historical figures was unveiled in the Capital today.
Historians working at the Edinburgh University recently discovered
that a portrait of 16th-century Protestant reformer John Knox was an
original painting and not a copy as they had always assumed.
The painting was acquired as part of the university's art
collection in the 18th century. But it was only when restorers began
the task of cleaning it that they di...
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John Knox and the British Reformations.
Church History
; John Knox and the British Reformations. Edited by Roger A. Mason. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, 1998. xvi + 297 pp. $84.95 cloth. Knox preached his first sermon in April 1547 from the pulpit of the Church of the Holy Trinity in St. Andrews. In the summer of 1997 the St. Andrews Scottish Studies
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John Knox: Reformation Rhetoric and the Traditions of Scots Prose, 1490-1570.(Book review)
Renaissance Quarterly
; Kenneth D. Farrow. John Knox: Reformation Rhetoric and the Traditions of Scots Prose 1490-1570. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2004. 356 pp. index. append. gloss. bibl. $66.95. ISBN: 3-03910-138-2. Father to the Scottish Reformation and the Church of Scotland; Catholic priest until his conversion in 1545;
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Restoration uncovers only genuine Knox portrait
The Scotsman
; ONE OF Scotland's most important historical figures will soon be seen in a new light after the cleaning of a portrait of John Knox resulted in the discovery that it could be the only genuine painting of him. Until now the only known authentic portrait of the 16th century Protestant leader has been
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Book Review: The Love Songs of John Knox: The Next Big Thing (A Fable of Modern Scotland) The school of hard Knox
The Scotsman
; The Love Songs of John Knox BY Alistair Findlay Luath Press, 93pp, GBP 7.99 The Next Big Thing (A Fable of Modern Scotland) BY Michael Russell Balnakeil Press, 168pp, GBP 6.99 Review by TOM ADAIR HOW MODERN IS SCOTLAND? Michael Russell's debut novel, given its subtitle, prompts the question, while
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 "Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)")
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Interview: David Garrow, co-editor of "The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox," discusses Knox's career as a Supreme Court clerk
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
; ... late 1950s, and all of the 1960s, he's leading a fairly mundane and solitary and unhappy life working for an insurance company. NEARY: David Garrow is co-editor of The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox. You're listening to WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News.
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