Sens Collection

Maze at Sens
Circular maze in the cathedral at Sens, France

Middle Ages; stained glass, 12th to 14th centuries. Examples from cathedrals in Chartres, Bourges, Cologne, Soissons, Le Mans, Lyons, Angers, Strasbourg, Rouen, and Sens. Moyen Age

Relics associated with Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury - ivory grace cup (centre), two mitres (left: Sens Abbey, Normandy; right: at one time the property of Cardinal Manning)

FRANCE / SENS CATHEDRAL
Sens: the cathedral Date: circa 1845

Jacques Davy Du Perron
JACQUES DAVY (or Davi) DU PERRON French churchman, cardinal archbishop of Sens, Grand Aumonier de France Date: 1556 - 1618

Illuminated alphabet, gold chalice, golden reliquary, and wood-carvings from the choir

Napoleon at Sens
President Napoleon Bonaparte visits Sens

Miracle / Becket
Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, in exile at Sens, is visited by the Virgin Mary who gives him some oil which has been used ever since at English coronations

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