Vaux Passional

The Vaux Passional
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Presentation page (f. 9) from the Vaux Passional showing Henry VII in mourning with his children Margaret, Mary and Henry on the upper left
Also known as	Peniarth Ms. 482D
Date	c. 1503–04

The Vaux Passional (Peniarth 482D) is an illuminated manuscript from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century. With thirty-four large miniatures in the style of the Flemish School, it is one of the most elaborately decorated manuscripts in the collection of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. It retains an original binding of wooden boards covered in velvet from the early sixteenth century.^[1] The volume contains the book plate of Watkin Williams of Penbedw.^[2]