. Storied windows; a traveller's introduction to the study of old church glass, from the twelfth century to the renaissance, especially in France. tephen presents Pierre Trousseau, the founder ofthe chapel. On the left St Agnes presents twobrothers and one sister of the founder. In thethree-pointed trefoils of the tracery are shieldssupported by Angels, and the three shields at thetop are surmounted by papal tiaras. The figureshave damasked backgrounds. In the seventh chapel, the last before the windowsof the thirteenth century, is one of the greatest gemsof the Cathedral and of France, The ch
. Storied windows; a traveller's introduction to the study of old church glass, from the twelfth century to the renaissance, especially in France. tephen presents Pierre Trousseau, the founder ofthe chapel. On the left St Agnes presents twobrothers and one sister of the founder. In thethree-pointed trefoils of the tracery are shieldssupported by Angels, and the three shields at thetop are surmounted by papal tiaras. The figureshave damasked backgrounds. In the seventh chapel, the last before the windowsof the thirteenth century, is one of the greatest gemsof the Cathedral and of France, The chapel wasfounded by Jacques Coeur, the famous merchant ofBourges, whose palatial house is such an ornament tothe town, and it contains the finest known windowof the fifteenth century. The date of the windowis about 1450, but in the perfection of design anddrawing it anticipates the work of the early Renais-sance of half a century later. The style of thepicture suggests the influence of Van Eyck. Thetracery at the top forms a fleur-de-lis in stone,with a picture of God the Father and a dove overa beautiful jewelled crown, beneath which is the. HOLRGHS of jAcgiKs CcEiR.—The Anni xciation. 1450. BOUEGES CATHEDRAL 203 shield of France, upheld by a white figure. Atthe top of each pair of lights is a heart (Coeur) instone, containing shields of the Dauphin and hiswife, supported by two figures. The four lightscontain a single picture of a chapel with sevenwindows and a blue ceiling studded with fleurs-de-lis; the golden groining is supported by two largepierced columns at the outside and two slenderpillars inside. In this chapel are four grand figuresof lovely colour, beautifully grouped. In the twoinner lights is the Annunciation, with a splendidAngel Gabriel in a gorgeous robe of scarlet andgold with three saints in the edge, kneeling beforea dignified standing Virgin with a jewelled nimbus,who holds a book. Gabriels face is rather feminine-looking, and may possi
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