House of Jeanne 16
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At the tip of the ogive appear the attributes of field work: a sheaf and vines, below which we read:
+ Vive + Labeun +
and on the following line the year 1481
+ Mil + iiii + iiii tit
The upper shield which holds the middle, represents the arms of France, surmounting the motto:
+ Vive + let Roy + Louis +
The
one
on
the
right
reproduces
the
arms
given
by
Charles
VII
in
1429
to
the
family
of
Joan
of
Arc:
"azure
with
a
high
silver
sword,
the
sheaf
of
gold,
surmounted
by
a
royal
crown
and
flanked
by
two
fleurs-de-lys,
all
in
gold."
The
one
on
the
left
bears:
"azure
with
three
gold
ploughshares,
the
point
upwards,
and
a
gold
rowel
in
the
heart.
»
This
is
the
coat
of
arms
of
the
Thiesselin
family,
whose
daughter
Miole
married
Claude
du
Lys
in
1460,
who
was
then
the
owner
of
the
house.
In
the
past,
these
ornaments,
as
well
as
others
that
have
disappeared,
must
have
been
covered
in
color,
if
we
are
to
believe
Montaigne,
when,
recounting
his
visit
to
Domremy
in
1580,
he
expressed
himself
thus:
"The
front
of
the
little
house
where
Joan
of
Arc
was
born
is
all
painted
with
her
gestures,
but
age
has
greatly
corrupted
the
painting"
(1).
Above
the
door,
in
a
niche
provided
for
this
purpose,
we
see
a
statue
of
the
Maid
on
her
knees.
It
is
a
reproduction
of
the
one
that
is
(1)
Journal
of
a
trip
to
Italy
via
Switzerland
and
Germany.
(1774
edition).
