lympha Sable

lympha Sable
by Scottish graciousness

zondag 6 augustus 2017

het roosvenster van het noordelijk transept van de Cathedrale de Chartres



The north transept rose of Chartres Cathedral 

donated by Blanche of Castile. (1188 - 1252)
It represents the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven, 
surrounded by Biblical kings and prophets. 
Below is St Anne, mother of the Virgin, 
with four righteous leaders. 


The window includes the arms of France 
and Castile. 
Blanche of Castile was married to the King of France Louis VIII - 
For several times Blanche was regent for her son Louis IX - Louis le Saint or 
Saint Louis -
first when he still had not the age to be king and still was the Dauphin - 
a second time the queen of France received regent power when her son 
the king Louis was engaged in a crusade to the Holy Land to defend the christian
places and their christians against the upcoming of Islam. As being queen regent of 
France she had to care about all tasks of a king except marriage.