Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

l’Ordre du Sainct Esprit
France, between 1583 and 1585
MS M.927. Fol. 012r

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Heraldry, French: Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal of Vaudémont -- Escutcheon decorated with the heraldry of Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal of Vaudémont: quarterly 1 and 4, 1) barry argent and gules (Hongrie); 2) azure a semy fleur de lis or a label three points gules (old Anjou); 3) or a lion rampant sable crowned gules (Juliers); 4) two lucies haurient addorsed or, between four crosslets or (Bar)
; 2 and 3, 1) argent a cross potent between four crosslets or (Jerusalem); 2) or per pale four pieces gules (Aragon); 3) azure a semy of fleur de lis or, a bordure gules (Anjou); 4) azure a lion rampant or with crown of the same (Gelderland); over all, a label three points gules and an escutcheon or bend gules three allerions argent (Lorraine)Text below is a description of titles held by Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal of Vaudémont (1554-1611).