Oh, fudge!

[rjlona]

I'm a doofus. After doing a bit more research, I've figured out that I was wrong when I wrote this post about the Mary of Hungary dress and the Brussels Manuscript, thinking that I had discovered they belonged to the same person. Turns out the book belonged to Mary's aunt, Margaret of Austria. I didn't check the dates carefully. Margaret lived from 1480-1530, and it's her coat of arms inside the book. Mary lived from 1505-1558. They have similar names and titles, so it's easy to see how I goofed.

Now I'm seriously disappointed. Not only are the two items not connected, but I made an obvious and rather elementary mistake in my research. Boy do I feel stupid.

Edit: New userpic made by Flinx. Nice and appropriate, I think.

Comments

[saltatoria.livejournal.com]

Yes. What he said. :)

[rjlona.livejournal.com]

Thanks, you two. I wouldn't feel so stupid if I hadn't been so excited about it in the first place. And I would have checked my information more carefully if I had been doing the research during the day instead of the middle of the night. I'll be more careful in the future!