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Sculpture from the tomb of Francois de la Sarraz circa 1390. The right mourner has a short sleeved Jupon and the left mourner has long sleeves with buttons going all the way up the back of the sleeve and horizontal quilting of the 'skirt'

A few pics of the pourpoint / jupon

The original article is from a catalogue from the Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres entitled "Tresors de la cathédrale de Chartres", by Vincent Cochet (ISBN-13: 9782902549313 )

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Here are some of the illuminations

The translation IS from the Catalog and my own work. The original article is by Isabelle Bédat and Sophie Desrosiers. The article is a brief account of the history, previous descriptions, restoration and cleaning of the 'Pourpoint'. I make no claim to the original article, I have translated the art...

If anyone is interested, I have managed to glean some illuminations of this type of coat in use.

I am sure my French is no better than yours, but I will try. Chartres does have quite a bit of armour actually: Pigface Bascinetl, Full plate legs, greaves, sabaton and brigandine. All the pieces are 14th century and attributed to Charles V and VI. The armour is child-sized, but I am not sure about ...

Bleddyn, I am not sure if it is back on display. It may have been moved to the Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres proper (behind the Cathedral). In which case you may be better off contacting the Curator. I can't seem to find anything on the web either. I will fire off an e-mail on your behalf if you...

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Not a problem, I've actually been sitting on them a while. I'll try to post my pics when I get home

Greetings, I have attached my translation of the article "Jaques ou Pourpoint destiné à un adolescent". This article by Isabelle Bedat and Sophie Desrosiers gives a detailed description of the Jupon from Chartres Cathedral, purportedly belonging to Charles VI of France. I have included a...