Update link Re: The Sun in Spendour?
Update link Re: The Sun in Spendour?
2013-02-15 01:07:37
Link to stained glass window page (below).
--- In , "Phaeton G" wrote:
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> --- In , "Phaeton G" wrote:
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> > ...someone on this group thinks Richard related 1:1 to the sun emblem:
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> > "The Sun in Splendour was the motif on Richard's banner, it was
> > one of his central motifs...it appears to be a crucial part of how he saw himself...he explained that he WAS the sun in splendour, because God had made him to shine brightly among the stars of the nobility"
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> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group//message/1295
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> > I wonder why Edward II adopted the sun motif though?
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> Found a York Minster reference to a stained glass - Edward II's wife, Queen Isabella of France:
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> "Edward II's wife Isabella, who can be seen with a sable rayed sun behind her. "
**Sorry - forgot the url -
http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-38/panel-of-the-month/
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> Isabella's arms also seem to display a stylised sun?
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> http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/80400/80441/80441_shieldisabel.htm
--- In , "Phaeton G" wrote:
>
>
>
> --- In , "Phaeton G" wrote:
> >
> > ...someone on this group thinks Richard related 1:1 to the sun emblem:
> >
> > "The Sun in Splendour was the motif on Richard's banner, it was
> > one of his central motifs...it appears to be a crucial part of how he saw himself...he explained that he WAS the sun in splendour, because God had made him to shine brightly among the stars of the nobility"
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group//message/1295
> >
> > I wonder why Edward II adopted the sun motif though?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Found a York Minster reference to a stained glass - Edward II's wife, Queen Isabella of France:
>
> "Edward II's wife Isabella, who can be seen with a sable rayed sun behind her. "
**Sorry - forgot the url -
http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-38/panel-of-the-month/
>
> Isabella's arms also seem to display a stylised sun?
>
> http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/80400/80441/80441_shieldisabel.htm