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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture « Qu'il mecte ma povre ame en céleste lumière » : vers le 5e centenaire de la mort d'Anne de Bretagne / The Upcoming Centenary of the Death of Anne of Brittany In January 2014 the 500-year celebration of the death of Anne of Brittany (1477-1514) will take place. The queen of France died in Blois on 9 January 1514 and was buried in the royal necropolis at Saint-Denis, following an exceptionally long funeral (40 days). According to her wishes, her heart was placed in a reliquary of gold embellished with enamel and was then transported with great pomp to Nantes where it was placed in the chapel of the Carmelites on 19 March 1514; it was later transferred to the Cathedral of Saint Peter. The reliquary containing Anne of Brittany's heart, an oval-shaped metal container embossed with gold, bears an inscription venerating her in gold letters embellished with green, blue and red enamel. It is housed today in the Dobrée Museum in Nantes. In 2013 (the last trimester) the collection PECIA: LE LIVRE ET L'ÉCRIT, published by Brepols (Turnhout), will devote a special volume in commemoration of these events, which were recounted at the time by Pierre Choque, the first herald and king-at-arms of the duchess of Brittany, in a manuscript book distributed to the princes and princesses of the time ((Charles VIII, roi d’Angleterre ; Charles III, Louise et René de Savoie ; Marie de Luxembourg ; Françoise, Marie et Jean d’Albret ; Philippe de Gueldre ; Louise de Coëtivy ; Claude de France ; Catherine de Foix ; Renée et Charles de Bourbon ; Guy XVI de Laval ; Philippe Ier de Nassau ; Louis de Brézé ; René de Brosse, Jean II de Clèves ; Jacques II de Luxembourg-Fiennes ; Catherine d’Aragon, etc.) We also have the pleasure of associating with this publication the names of Michael Jones, the most Breton of Englishmen and eminent "connoisseur" of medieval Brittany, as well as Cynthia J. Brown (University of California, Santa Barbara), author of the recent book The Queen's Library. Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514, and Elizabeth A. R. Brown (Professor Emerita of History, Brooklyn College in New York), whose publications on the Capetian kingdom and many other related subjects are standard reference works. More on http://blog.pecia.fr jean luc deuffic ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html