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Saint-Sulpice Church

This stained glass window depicts the coronation of Charles VII in the presence of Joan of Arc.

This stained-glass window, spread over two lancets, is topped with a quatrefoil decorated with a crowned sword, between lilies and roses. The scene is structured within a flamboyant architectural framework with pinnacles, gables, and tracery in the Radiant Gothic aesthetic. On the left, the king, Charles VII, kneeling, dressed in a royal blue fleur-de-lis coat, receives the crown from the hand of the Archbishop of Reims, Mgr Regnault de Chartres. Clerics accompany the ceremony, a liturgical book is open. On the right, Joan of Arc, in silver armor and sword at her side, brandishes her banner. At her sides, several lords hold a banner with three gold lilies on an azure background.
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This stained-glass window, spread over two lancets, is topped with a quatrefoil decorated with a crowned sword, between lilies and roses. The scene is structured within a flamboyant architectural framework with pinnacles, gables, and tracery in the Radiant Gothic aesthetic. On the left, the king, Charles VII, kneeling, dressed in a royal blue fleur-de-lis coat, receives the crown from the hand of the Archbishop of Reims, Mgr Regnault de Chartres. Clerics accompany the ceremony, a liturgical book is open. On the right, Joan of Arc, in silver armor and sword at her side, brandishes her banner. At her sides, several lords hold a banner with three gold lilies on an azure background.

This stained-glass window, spread over two lancets, is topped with a quatrefoil decorated with a crowned sword, between lilies and roses. The scene is structured within a flamboyant architectural framework with pinnacles, gables, and tracery in the Radiant Gothic aesthetic. On the left, the king, Charles VII, kneeling, dressed in a royal blue fleur-de-lis coat, receives the crown from the hand of the Archbishop of Reims, Mgr Regnault de Chartres. Clerics accompany the ceremony, a liturgical book is open. On the right, Joan of Arc, in silver armor and sword at her side, brandishes her banner. At her sides, several lords hold a banner with three gold lilies on an azure background.


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