01-19-2023, 02:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-19-2023, 02:25 AM by Paul Ferguson.)
(01-19-2023, 12:42 AM)Carl Lavoie Wrote: .
"Princeton owns two Ridley Scrolls, one of which was […] made by the English herald Leonard Smethley in 1624".
Herald, heraldry, checks out.
Do we know more about this guy?
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-b...anuscripts
*Ripley
Smethley seems to have been an arms-painter, hence the connection with the scroll. The extract below is from the Athenaeum no. 2546, reviewing the 'Chetham Miscellanies'
See the relevant volume of the 'Chetham Miscellanies' here:
https://tinyurl.com/42je9mux
Smethley's name is sometimes spelt Smedley.