30-06-2020, 08:47 PM
If those are Golden Fleece necklaces, and ambiguity wins again; then who is she? Who is the lady with the necklaces?
One possibility could be Marie of Burgundy, heiress of Charles the Bold. She could be taking the 'Golden Fleece' honor with her, as she did, through her marriage into the HRE. But Charles the Bold died in battle in 1477.
I'm still trying to lean on the 'prior' side of the 1450 line, but you never know, might need to have my horizons expanded.
Are there any corresponding identifications for the other figures represented? Having a second identification always does wonders for a novel interpretation. The VMs requires two witnesses.
On second thought, how about Isabella of Portugal, Philip the Good's third wife, the one for whom the whole Golden Fleece bit got started. <<Obviously>> And the others? Her husband? Her father? And this is 1430. So it's back with a number of other investigative results. Results that presently seem IMO to culminate in the early 1430s.
La sainte Hostie came to Dijon in 1433 and was kept in the church, Sainte-Chapelle. The Golden Fleece was initiated in 1430, in Bruges, IIRC. Anyway, its anual meeting moved around, and in 1433 it was at Sainte-Chapelle. An interesting crossing of historical paths, make of it what you will.
The devil is in the details, right where you'd expect him to be.
One possibility could be Marie of Burgundy, heiress of Charles the Bold. She could be taking the 'Golden Fleece' honor with her, as she did, through her marriage into the HRE. But Charles the Bold died in battle in 1477.
I'm still trying to lean on the 'prior' side of the 1450 line, but you never know, might need to have my horizons expanded.
Are there any corresponding identifications for the other figures represented? Having a second identification always does wonders for a novel interpretation. The VMs requires two witnesses.
On second thought, how about Isabella of Portugal, Philip the Good's third wife, the one for whom the whole Golden Fleece bit got started. <<Obviously>> And the others? Her husband? Her father? And this is 1430. So it's back with a number of other investigative results. Results that presently seem IMO to culminate in the early 1430s.
La sainte Hostie came to Dijon in 1433 and was kept in the church, Sainte-Chapelle. The Golden Fleece was initiated in 1430, in Bruges, IIRC. Anyway, its anual meeting moved around, and in 1433 it was at Sainte-Chapelle. An interesting crossing of historical paths, make of it what you will.
The devil is in the details, right where you'd expect him to be.