Finding Eleanor

Overview and Issues

• Article about a discovery in a Latin inscription in a book of letters of St Jerome.
• WG143

Abstract

• Discovery by author and Dorothy Dunnett of a reference in Latin to Eleanor of Tyrol. A tribute to Dorothy Dunnett's enthusiasm and knowledge of the people and times that she writes about in her books.

Author

• Crawford, Chairman (Retired), National Library of Scotland

References

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People

• Eleanor of Tyrol

Fictional Character

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Locations

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Literature

• Letters of St Jerome published by Riessinger in 1467.

Illustrations

• Eleanor Stewart (1458-80), Austrian School, 1578-90. Image: Wikipedia Commons, Schloss Tyrol bey Meran, 19th Century. Copyright: Trustees of the British National Museum.
• Sigismund 'der Münzreiche', Archduke of Tyrol. Ludwig Konraiter. c. 1480-90. Image: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.

Historical Events

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Other References

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Quotes from Dunnett

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