When I was Mary’s prayer

A prayerbook that once belonged to Mary Queen of Scots will go under the hammer at Christie’s auction house in London on 29 July. The book carries a guide price of £250,000 - £350,000. It was made for Louise de Bourbon-Vendôme, Abbess of Fontevraud, and given to her grandniece. Eugenio Donadoni, Christie’s manuscripts expert, said that it is ‘a fleetingly rare opportunity to acquire a lavishly illustrated royal prayerbook that was owned and affectionately inscribed by one of the most intriguing figures in Scottish and European history.’ www.christies.com