Images of Medieval Art and Architecture
The Treasure of Saint Denis
Coronation Spurs
Images
Adapted from Félibien, Plate IV, Item R
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Extant spurs
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Paris: Louvre
MS 86
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History
- Taken to the Louvre on December 5, 1793.
- Currently in the Louvre, Paris, number MR 86.
Notes
- Made of gold, filigree, garnets. Straps of spangled purple fabric.
- Width, 17 cm., maximum length, 8.5 cm.
- Many restorations and additions.
- Used in the coronation of French monarchs.
Comparative Material.
Other
items of Regalia.
Bibliography
Félibien, page 543.
Gaborit-Chopin (1987), p.0-3.
Louvre,no. 32, page 202-3.
Metropolitan , no 81.
Montesquoiu-Fezenac I ane II, no 117, III p 81-2, pl 74.
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November 29, 2006