While doing research on Saint-Chappelle in the Fall of 2023, my team and I noted that The Crown of Thorns was ritualized and fanaticized as one of the Sainte-Chapelle relics, with Louis IX dedicating a Feast Day to its prowess (Aug. 11th). The people of Paris even had the chance to see Louis IX cosplay…
Most of you are probably here from Personal Liturgical Calendars: Part 1. If you are not, why? I truly recommend reading the first part, and not because I wrote it. I explain much of the essentials in Part I, so check out the really cool crash course in grading. It includes the basepoint for our…
Welcome to Personal Liturgical Calendars, where I dive into a comparison of two calendars from Parisian Books of Hours. The roller coaster of questions about personal liturgical calendars stem from the mystery of the Hargrett Hours calendar. When I call something personal and liturgical, it sounds contradictory. Yet, I stand here with a very confusing…
Beguines were a unique or as some may say “underground” or “indie” group of religious women who were prevalent in later medieval Europe. In the Fall semester of 2023, I decided to conduct research on beguines in Paris and their relationship with books; this research can be found here. I conducted this research to determine…
Her [Genevieve’s] guardianship of Paris meant that Parisian men accepted a female patron. While many cities and countries (including France itself) put themselves under the patronage of the Virgin Mary, it was rare for a city, let alone a major city like Paris, to assume a totally human female saint as protectoress.” Patroness of Paris…
The list of suffrages to saints in a Book of Hours are like the owner’s favorite musicians: those saints can tell us about the owner’s devotional practice. Maybe they only listen to the Top 40 with saints like Peter, John the Baptist, and the Virgin Mary. Maybe they are ride or die for one artist…