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| Coronation from the Vendôme Chapel Window University of Pittsburg Collection (Philip Maye) |
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| Close-up of the Vendôme Chapel Coronation |
This week's Coronation is again from Chartres Cathedral. It is a tiny portion of a great window between two of the buttresses on the south side of the Cathedral. According to the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Library site:
...construction was begun in 1417. Its donor was Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme, who built it to fulfill a vow he made while imprisoned by his brother to build a chapel to the Virgin Mary if he were set free. The chapel and the window it contains were created in the Flamboyant style. The lower part of the window shows a Coronation of the Virgin being viewed by various saints and members of the donor's family. The upper part show a Crucifixion and a Last Judgment. It was partially restored in 1592 Many of the donor figures were damaged during the French Revolution. It was restored by Coffitier in 1873.
From Easter to Pentecost, pray the Regina Coeli (in place of the Angelus) three times a day: morning, noon and evening.
Queen of Heaven, rejoice, Alleluia!
R. For he whom you deserved to bear, Alleluia!
Has risen as he said, Alleluia!
R. Pray for us to God, Alleluia!
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia!
For the Lord has truly risen, Alleluia!
Let us pray:
O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
grant, we beseech thee, that through the intercession of his Mother, the Virgin Mary,
we may obtain the joys of everlasting life.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pray it in Latin!
- Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia:
- R. Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
- Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,
- R. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
- Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
- R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
Oremus. Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
mundum lætificare dignatus es:
præsta, quæsumus, ut per eius Genitricem Virginem Mariam,
perpetuæ capiamus gaudia vitæ.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.
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