The Summer Queen
“The prayers and the strategies had worked and she was certain she was with child. She had wanted to be sure of her condition before she told Louis, but now that time had arrived, she was apprehensive.
Abbé Suger greeted her with a bright gleam in his eye. ‘I think you will approve of this,’ he said and took her to a locked cupboard containing the vessels used in the mass. Standing on the middle shelf in pride of place was her rock-crystal vase, but she barely recognised it, for Suger had had th...e neck and base adorned with filigreed gold, precious gems and pearls. There was an inscription around the base, detailing the history of its giving.
‘How beautiful,’ she said, because it was, even if no longer hers. Bernard of Clairvaux would have approved of its plain state – pure and unembellished. Now it was entirely Suger’s thing. He hardly needed an inscription to set his mark on it. ‘And so in keeping with the rest of the church.’ ‘I am glad you approve. I wished to do full justice to your gift.’ ‘Indeed you have.’ Alienor was almost fond of Suger.MoreLess
Abbé Suger greeted her with a bright gleam in his eye. ‘I think you will approve of this,’ he said and took her to a locked cupboard containing the vessels used in the mass. Standing on the middle shelf in pride of place was her rock-crystal vase, but she barely recognised it, for Suger had had th...e neck and base adorned with filigreed gold, precious gems and pearls. There was an inscription around the base, detailing the history of its giving.
‘How beautiful,’ she said, because it was, even if no longer hers. Bernard of Clairvaux would have approved of its plain state – pure and unembellished. Now it was entirely Suger’s thing. He hardly needed an inscription to set his mark on it. ‘And so in keeping with the rest of the church.’ ‘I am glad you approve. I wished to do full justice to your gift.’ ‘Indeed you have.’ Alienor was almost fond of Suger.MoreLess
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