Sainte-Chapelle
“The choice colors of the painting, the costly gilding of the carving, the delicate translucency of the red glowing windows, the splendid altar carvings, the miracles working power of the sacred relics, and the decorations of the shrines sparkling with their precious stones lend this house of prayer such an intensity of adornment that entering one would think one had been transported to Heaven, setting foot in one of the finest rooms of Paradise” (quoted from Toman, 486).Above are the reflections of thirteenth century theologian Jean de Jandun on his first visit to the Parisian palace chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, in the year 1323. Sainte-Chapelle remains one of the world’s most impressive cathedrals and serves as an example to the modern viewer as an excellent example of the Gothic style of architecture. It is believed that Sainte-Chapelle was largely constructed in the early half of the 1240’s. The construction was commissioned by the pious King Louis IX, or Saint Louis, patron saint of France (Toman, 83). The chapel was built to house holy relics, specifically the Crown of Thorns, which under Louis IX’s reign was brought to Paris from Byzantium (Toman, 83). Pierre de Montreuil, a true “virtuoso” (Simson
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