The Anthony roll of Henry VIII's navy : Pepys Library 2991 and British Library additional MS 22047 with related documents / edited by C.S. Knighton and D.M. Loades.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The Anthony Roll. I. The Manuscript and its Compiler / C. S. Knighton. II. The Ordnance / D. M. Loades. III. The Evidence of the Mary Rose Excavation / Stuart Vine and Alexandra Hildred. IV. An Artistic Survey / Ann Payne. V. The Flags / Timothy Wilson and Maria Hayward. VI. The Oared Vessels / John Bennell. Text -- Pt. 2. The Inventory of 1514 -- Introduction / D. M. Loades. Text. I. Lord Admiral Lisle's Instructions of 1545 -- II. List of Ships and Note on Ships' Names.

"Here for the first time complete in print is the famous pictorial survey of Henry VIII's navy compiled in 1546 by Anthony Anthony, a clerk in the ordnance office. Originally comprising three rolls of vellum, the MS features paintings of each of the king's 58 ships, below which are set details of their guns, shot, and related equipment.

Two of the original rolls were given by Charles II to Samuel Pepys, who had them cut to form a volume which is one of the treasures of his library, now at Magdalene College, Cambridge. The other roll remains in the British Library. Several of the illustrations have become familiar, especially that of the Mary Rose, herself already a wreck when Anthony presented his work to the king. The present edition re-assembles the three parts of the Anthony Roll, allowing the document to be seen in its original sequence for the first time in over 300 years. The fleet which Henry VIII created is revealed as the king saw it in the last year of his life.

Because of the unusual format of the MS, a complete facsimile is not presented here. Anthony's paintings at Magdalene and in the British Library are reproduced in full colour from newly commissioned photographs. Adjacent to each ship illustration is the relevant text, given in its original spelling."--BOOK JACKET.