ittef- tCisz-- icatak 9istrer 4 •0 • N c+ H• 0 c+ H I p3 D=t• c+ t-ty N • I N) • Ji e•ci CD taT f> Lvttzu Illustration Number 15 from King Rens "Book of Love" ("Le Cueur d'Amours Espris), The National Library, Vienna, Published by George Braziller, N.Y. 1980. See p. 3 for details. 5111921ner 1982 VO .16 no. 2- c. - 7411Ki 3. 2 crana, of Contents Richard Sullivan, 8002 North East', -Ova/Lege Int fie,. Seattle, Wash. 98115. Carol E. Parker, Box 232, Rte 3, Old Morrisville Road', About the Cover 3 Julie Vognar Apex NC 27502. Janice H. Patterson, Notes and Letters 4 Membership 124itoar$ ittni*ifter Box 16132, Phoenix AZ 85011. Califoria Report. on the 17th Interna- vot.16 z Chapters: Northern: Pamela Garrett, tional Congress on Medieval Editors: Pamela Garrett, Julie 1059 Norwood Avenue, Oakland CA 94610; Studies held at Kalamazoo,. Vognar, Hazel Peter Southern: Mary J. Rowan, 10525 Myrtle Michigan 7 Lorraine Attreed Street 49, Downey, CA. 90241. History and Prejudice 8 Dinah Kozina, Jane Austen Address material for the Register Margery Counsels a Widow on to Julie Vognar, 2161 North Valley, Dues are $15 a year for single or fam- Ridding Herself of an Unwan- ily memberships, $12 a year for stu- Berkeley, CA 94702. Articles on ted Suitor 9 Margery Nonesuch dents. The dues year runs from October subjects pertaining to Richard III The Amazing Elizabeth: A Pos- and his era are eagerly sought 2 (Richard's birthday) to October 2, sible Reconstruction of Her and is not prorated. National dues, from our members, as are personal ' Actions, 1483-1487 10 Helen Maurer change of address notifications and news items. London, Early September 1485 membership queries should be directed (a short story) 16 Rosemary Tillman RICHARD III SOCIETY, INC. is a non- to Martha Hogarth, Box 217, Sea C1i0, profit educational corporation char- The American Booksellers' NY 11579. Local dues are decided by ' Association Convention, May tered in 1969 under the membership the local chapters themselves. corporation laws of the State of 29-31 19 Helen Maurer New York. Dues, grants, and contri- The Fellowship of the Chicagoland Meeting Minutes-- butions are tax-deductible to the White Boar is the ori- More Books' 22 Beth Argall extent allowed by law. ginal, now alternate, name of the Society. Margery's Leek and Mushroom OFFICERS 1981-82 The American Branch now Pie 23 Margery Nonesuch Chairman: WILLIAM H. SNYDER incorporates the former 3302 Gleneagles Dr., Silver Spring Friends of Richard III, MD 20906 Inco Vice-Chairman: WILLIAM HOGARTH Box 217, Sea Cliff NY 11579 Graphics by Hazel Peter Recoreding Secretary: CANDACE ANNE RUSSO, 41 W. 16th St. N.Y 0 NY 10011 Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary: MARTHA HOGARTH, Box 217, Sea Cliff, NY 11579 Librarian: JULIE LORD , King of Sicily and Duke of Anjou (Mar- 288 College Avenue, Staten Island About the Cover: King Rent. NY 10314 garet of Anjou's father), 1409-1480,wrote his "Book of Love)" an allegorical romance in tne framework of a dream, in 1457. An ar- Pursuivant: HELMUT NICKEL From the tist of debated accomplishments, he may have illustrated it himself, 401 East 86th Street, N.Y. NY 10028 Rous Role but this most beautifully illustrated version (the , Vienna MS) is Research Officer: LORRAINE C. ATTREED more likely to have been done by Barthelemy de Cler (or Deick), a 134 Highland Avenue #4 fine artist and close friend of Reeg's. The paintings were definite- Somerville, MA 02143 ly done in the late 1460's. Publications Officer. ANDREA VAN SANT In this painting, Cueur and his page, Desire, have slept during their perilous journey of courtship, and Cueur, having awakened first, is 1212 Guadalupe, Apt. 209 reading an ominous slab warning against drinking from the Spring of Austin, Texas 78701 Chance at its base. All the illustrations for this only moderately REGIONAL VICE-CHAIRMEN: interesting allegory are beautiful; some of the most beautiful re- present midnight, twilight or first light scenes which, alas, repro- Elizabeth Argall, 1430 Sandstone duce badly. Drive, Wheeling, Ill. 60090. Julie Vognar o 5. 4. Letters and Notes, Continued of the deformity. True, the man was drunk and angry, but Davies has,a ,Search Of..." show in question. point: why choose the adjective Julie Vognar (address for Register) "crookback" if there were nothing to Publications Officer Moves 'idealing with Richard and the has a working BETA recording which base it on? Princes) would come on. They said , she will be glad to loan out as well. Andrea Van Sant's new address (in mast- A slight unevenness about the shoul- to watch the paper, but that didn't Either Julie will send tapes Library head, but here also for emphasis) is: ders, perhaps (always perhaps). So work out. Is there a way I can see Rate, at very little expense to you Andrea Van Sant slight that historians (Rous, More, it? in both directions (library sticker 1212 Guadalupe, Apt. 209 enclosed). etc.) have disagreed which shoulder Austin, Texas 78701 I'm sending two clippings with in- it was that was actually higher. As 1:o Richard's back. Barrymore's' Orders can go to her there; a new accuracies.. .is there anything we Julie Vognar sales list will shortly be printed with can do about things like this? production cannot be faulted in any way, her new address. The only price change of course, since Shakespeare's Richard (above letter from Mrs. Luretta The second inaccuracy (to use a po- is for To Prove a Villain at $10. was a humpback (limped, had a withered Martin, 7360 No. La Oesta Ave. lite word) is in a book reviiew. Ex- arm, etc ETC.). Stage productions are Tuscon, Arizona 85704) Membership Dues in Masthead amining the book in a shop, I real- expected to be more or less faithful Dear Julie and Pam: ly came to the conclusion that 4'e t`dplaywrights, although this is not The Sunne in Splendour was not worth the price, even fort aYF.Jays the case. It might help to print membership fees all the descriptions outlined in Cris Arnott editor of "The Silver The author and reviewer of Of Virtue in the Register (we have; see masthead the review...: - Boar," the liork quarterly of the this issue);...liked the (Carleton) arti- Rare do not seem to have a Ricardian "Friends of King Richard III," cle--thought you'd get more of a bite in ( Both excerpts are taken from the view of Richard, but that aside, about calls our attention to a soon-to-be the mail.. .disagree greatly with Nimoy's Arizona Star, no date given.) the actual state of Richard's back: it published novel by American Richard is likely that there was some slight theory (see "In Search Of...")... III Society member Sharon Kay Penman, Shakespearean Exhibit in N.Y. unevenness about his shoulders. The The Sunne in Splendour (Holt, Rinehart Prof. Louis Bisceglia (1982 N.Y. Times) earliest extant portrait of him (the and Winston, 928 pp. Oct. 1982). The 435 Alberto Way #17 one in the royal residence part of the New York--When John Barrymore clib- novel opens in Ludlow in 1459 and ends Los Gatos, Ca. 95030 palace, not open to the public, which ed into a suit of armor before the in 1492 atBermondsey, and deals with Attreed's Disappointment in Ross Shared is always reproduced "courtesy of Her "the whole family." She further adds battle scene in a 1920 production Majesty the Queen")appears to show the of "Richard III," he faced a prob- the anecdote that an editor at Holt ...We liked Lorraine's reviews (see Vol. right shoulder somewhat higher than lem. The fight scene called for run- locked himself away for two days to 16, No. 1); she had difficulty over the the left; the later, more famous portrait read the manuscript, upon which he Ross one I know. Like all of us she was ning and jumping, and the armor of which many of us have color reproduc- scribbled one comment: "God Damn those rather disappointed by it. Thinking of weighed more than 50 pounds. To tions, gives the same impression (though Stanleys." It is an alternate Book-of make matters worse, he wore a large books coming out, Vol.3 of Harley 433 is an x-ray examination of this one indi- -the Month Club selection already. due to be published in about a month, at wad of cloth on his shoulder to sim- cates that this, and the narrowing of the same price as as the previous two ulate Richard's humpback..." Richard's eyes, have been exaggerated by BillHogarth writes: The Index is going well (Rosemary Horrox "Slim Volume is Informative a later hand). Tremendous news: member Sharon Kay it has undertaken that alone), and should be Of Virtue Rare, by Linda Simon, ; Robert Davies in his excellent edition Penman has had her first novel accepted ill out early next year.... C Houghton Mifflin, $12.95, 164 pp. of Extracts from the Municipal Records by Holt Rinehart and Winston for Pub- 1 Best wishes from Carolyn _ lication in August (sic--Collins is and me, ...Her (Margaret Beaufort's) fortunes of the City of York (London, 1843), in Peter Hammond were interwoven with Warwick, the , cludes a wonderful brawl, six years afterPublishing it in the U.K. and this may '1 Research Officer "Kingmaker," the wily and ambitioli- Achard's death, between two drunken men have led to confusion about release 3 Campden Terrace humpback, Richard III; and the sweet of York, one, crying that the Earl of date here-ed.)...about Richard III, of course.