Since I have been frustratingly out of internet contact for several months,
and thus sadly out of contact with Medieval Religion, I am taking the
opportunity of using Claire's computer to ask a question which I have for
some time wanted to pose to the members of this wonderful list. It involves
an inscription which used to be found in the stained glass of Chartres
Cathedral. In the central lancet under the north rose, there is an image of
St Anne and the infant Virgin. The present inscription is modern, but
antiquarian descriptions give it formerly as 'Ave mater Anna'. As it seems
to have been in blackletter, it undoubtedly post-dates the early
13th-century date of the original commission. Canon Yves Delaporte, in his
1926 monograph on the stained glass of Chartres, says of this inscription,
without citing a source, that it is Franciscan. Can anyone confirm this, or
even better, does anyone know the exact source of this short phrase? More
generally, I would also be grateful for references to any works on the early
Franciscan history of France.
Many thanks in advance for any replies, and happy New Year to all.
Jim Bugslag
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