Hever Castle to display 16th-century prayer book believed to be Thomas Cromwell’s from Holbein portrait

The 16th-century prayer book, believed to be Cromwell’s from its bejewelled, silver gilt binding. Photograph: Trinituy College Cambridge/Hever Castle

A prayer book belonging to Thomas Cromwell, believed to the only object from any 16th-century portrait to survive to this day, has gone on display.

The 1527 Book of Hours can, historians say, be seen in Hans Holbein the Younger’s famous portrait of Thomas Cromwell, which was painted in 1532-33 and is in the Frick Collection, New York.