The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters
The restoration of the rose (15th century) of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France, offered a unique opportunity to investigate the color and chemical composition of these emblematic medieval French stained glasses with non-destructive analyses. The obtained results are aimed at complementing the kn...
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| author | Hunault, Myrtille Odile Jacqueline Yvonne Bauchau, Fanny Boulanger, Karine Hérold, Michel Calas, Georges Lemasson, Quentin Pacheco, Claire Loisel, Claudine |
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| description | The restoration of the rose (15th century) of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France, offered a unique opportunity to investigate the color and chemical composition of these emblematic medieval French stained glasses with non-destructive analyses. The obtained results are aimed at complementing the knowledge from art historians and thus together trying to compensate for the total absence of archives on the construction of the rose. Comparison with the glasses of the nave (13th century) reveals an important evolution of the aesthetics based on new types of glasses: new colors and extensive use of flashed glass. The systematic study of the chemical composition of both sides of each glass piece revealed that about half of the studied glasses were flashed. For non-flashed glasses, this comparison allowed evaluating the influence of glass surface weathering, although very moderate, on the composition variability. In light of the variability criteria, the multivariate analysis of the chemical composition allowed inferring that most glasses originate from the same production glasshouse. The new colors result from the original composition of flashed glass, allowing superimposing otherwise incompatible redox states of the coloring transition elements. The comparison with the glasses of the nave reveals the glass technology evolution that occurred over two centuries and allowed the production of new glasses for the medieval glaziers at the eve of the Parisian Renaissance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1ecf86fa305447c89c16f33235827f92023-11-22T14:29:14ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Géoscience1778-70252022-02-01354S110112010.5802/crgeos.11010.5802/crgeos.110The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval paintersHunault, Myrtille Odile Jacqueline Yvonne0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3754-8630Bauchau, Fanny1Boulanger, Karine2Hérold, Michel3Calas, Georges4Lemasson, Quentin5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-1767Pacheco, Claire6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-8499Loisel, Claudine7Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation (CRC), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, 75005 Paris, France; Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Sorbonne Université, Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France; Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques, Ministère de la Culture, 77400 Champs-sur-Marne, FranceCentre de Recherche sur la Conservation (CRC), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, 75005 Paris, France; Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques, Ministère de la Culture, 77400 Champs-sur-Marne, FranceCentre André Chastel, Sorbonne Université, 2 rue Vivienne, 75003, Paris, FranceCentre André Chastel, Sorbonne Université, 2 rue Vivienne, 75003, Paris, FranceInstitut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Sorbonne Université, Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, FranceCentre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France, Palais du Louvre, 14 quai François Mitterrand, 75001 Paris, France; New AGLAE FR 3506, C2RMF Palais du Louvre, 75001, Paris, FranceCentre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France, Palais du Louvre, 14 quai François Mitterrand, 75001 Paris, France; New AGLAE FR 3506, C2RMF Palais du Louvre, 75001, Paris, FranceCentre de Recherche sur la Conservation (CRC), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, 75005 Paris, France; Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques, Ministère de la Culture, 77400 Champs-sur-Marne, FranceThe restoration of the rose (15th century) of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France, offered a unique opportunity to investigate the color and chemical composition of these emblematic medieval French stained glasses with non-destructive analyses. The obtained results are aimed at complementing the knowledge from art historians and thus together trying to compensate for the total absence of archives on the construction of the rose. Comparison with the glasses of the nave (13th century) reveals an important evolution of the aesthetics based on new types of glasses: new colors and extensive use of flashed glass. The systematic study of the chemical composition of both sides of each glass piece revealed that about half of the studied glasses were flashed. For non-flashed glasses, this comparison allowed evaluating the influence of glass surface weathering, although very moderate, on the composition variability. In light of the variability criteria, the multivariate analysis of the chemical composition allowed inferring that most glasses originate from the same production glasshouse. The new colors result from the original composition of flashed glass, allowing superimposing otherwise incompatible redox states of the coloring transition elements. The comparison with the glasses of the nave reveals the glass technology evolution that occurred over two centuries and allowed the production of new glasses for the medieval glaziers at the eve of the Parisian Renaissance.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.110/Sainte-ChapelleGlassColorPIXEXRFUV–visible–NIR spectroscopyColorimetry |
| spellingShingle | Hunault, Myrtille Odile Jacqueline Yvonne Bauchau, Fanny Boulanger, Karine Hérold, Michel Calas, Georges Lemasson, Quentin Pacheco, Claire Loisel, Claudine The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters Comptes Rendus. Géoscience Sainte-Chapelle Glass Color PIXE XRF UV–visible–NIR spectroscopy Colorimetry |
| title | The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters |
| title_full | The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters |
| title_fullStr | The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters |
| title_short | The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters |
| title_sort | rose of the sainte chapelle in paris sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters |
| topic | Sainte-Chapelle Glass Color PIXE XRF UV–visible–NIR spectroscopy Colorimetry |
| url | https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.110/ |
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