Catégorie 21th century
L’enigme de la croix de cristal de Reims
Un jour, ou peut-être une nuit, profitant probablement du chaos créé par le bombardement de la cathédrale de Reims en septembre 1914, un inconnu enlevait une croix en cristal de roche du trésor de la cathédrale de Reims. Le vol de cette croix, une œuvre précieuse datant du XVIe siècle, fut perpétré « sans doute avant […]
‘And Yet It Stands’. Mary of Guise’s emblem pictured by Scottish artist Iona Leishman
ADHUC STAT – ‘And yet it stands’ – was the motto of Marie de Guise‘s personal emblem, accompanied by the pictura or image representing, according to French historian Gabriel de Pimodan, a crown set above a rock beaten by winds and waves. It is also the title of this summer’s exhibition of new paintings from […]
Philippa of Guelders, Marie of Guise’s prickly grandmother
Much like her granddaughter Marie of Lorraine-Guise, Philippa of Guelders did not receive much attention from French historians. Only the final part of her life, spent in a convent at Pont-à-Mousson in the Lorraine region, inspired some rare biographers. The first was Hilarion de Coste (1595-1661), member of the Order of the Minimes de Saint […]