Anne Boleyn handwriting pendant, set with faceted garnet
20mm disc, sterling silver or gold vermeil
For those who know their moment is coming.
The source:
The inscription on this pendant is taken directly from Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours — a devotional manuscript made in Bruges around 1450, displayed at Hever Castle. On a single, deeply personal page, Anne wrote in her own hand: Le temps viendra. Je Anne Boleyn. The time will come. I, Anne Boleyn.
She wrote this beneath an illumination of the Last Judgement. Alongside the inscription she drew an astrolabe — a medieval instrument for measuring time and the position of the sun, used here not as a scientific reference but as a private emblem of time passing, mortality, and divine reckoning. Hever Castle's own scholars describe it as a meditation on temporality: the certainty that time is finite, that judgement comes, and that it will come for everyone.
We don't know exactly what Anne meant by it. We know where she wrote it. We know what happened to her afterward. We know that her statement is one of absolute certainty: the time will come.
The stone:
The garnet is historically deliberate. Garnet was among the most valued stones of the Tudor period, appearing consistently in portraits of court women and set in the heavy gold necklaces and pendants that marked status, favour, and endurance. The stone's deep red, its documented associations with vitality and the courage required for difficult journeys, and its durability — 6.5–7.5 on the Mohs scale — made it the only honest choice for a piece bearing these words.
Untreated. The colour is the stone's own.
The talisman:
Wear this in the periods of waiting that require patience without passivity. When you know what's coming but cannot yet make it arrive. A reminder, in Anne Boleyn's own words, that timing is not the same as defeat.
Materials:
Engraved 20mm disc pendant, faceted garnet, sterling silver, gold vermeil or 9k yellow gold
Available in: Sterling silver / Gold Vermeil
All of our pieces are handmade in London to order. Current lead time is two weeks.
Anne Boleyn handwriting pendant, set with faceted garnet
20mm disc, sterling silver or gold vermeil
For those who know their moment is coming.
The source:
The inscription on this pendant is taken directly from Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours — a devotional manuscript made in Bruges around 1450, displayed at Hever Castle. On a single, deeply personal page, Anne wrote in her own hand: Le temps viendra. Je Anne Boleyn. The time will come. I, Anne Boleyn.
She wrote this beneath an illumination of the Last Judgement. Alongside the inscription she drew an astrolabe — a medieval instrument for measuring time and the position of the sun, used here not as a scientific reference but as a private emblem of time passing, mortality, and divine reckoning. Hever Castle's own scholars describe it as a meditation on temporality: the certainty that time is finite, that judgement comes, and that it will come for everyone.
We don't know exactly what Anne meant by it. We know where she wrote it. We know what happened to her afterward. We know that her statement is one of absolute certainty: the time will come.
The stone:
The garnet is historically deliberate. Garnet was among the most valued stones of the Tudor period, appearing consistently in portraits of court women and set in the heavy gold necklaces and pendants that marked status, favour, and endurance. The stone's deep red, its documented associations with vitality and the courage required for difficult journeys, and its durability — 6.5–7.5 on the Mohs scale — made it the only honest choice for a piece bearing these words.
Untreated. The colour is the stone's own.
The talisman:
Wear this in the periods of waiting that require patience without passivity. When you know what's coming but cannot yet make it arrive. A reminder, in Anne Boleyn's own words, that timing is not the same as defeat.
Materials:
Engraved 20mm disc pendant, faceted garnet, sterling silver, gold vermeil or 9k yellow gold
Available in: Sterling silver / Gold Vermeil
All of our pieces are handmade in London to order. Current lead time is two weeks.
