#bellai

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Im working with kids so i couldnt write the bad word skdbdkdn but yeah. yeah I have brainrot

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Château de Montreuil-Bellay, FRANCE

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So just this week, identification of James Fitzjames's jaw was confirmed, 16th century poet Joachim du Bellay's coffin was identified among those found under Notre-Dame de Paris during restaurations, and a previously unknown Mozart manuscript was found.

What a week for history and archeology.

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Notre-Dame Restoration Reveals Renaissance Poet's Coffin

The tomb of one of France’s best-loved early poets has been discovered during post-fire restoration work in Notre-Dame cathedral.

Scientists say they are nearly certain a lead coffin found beneath the transept is that of Joachim du Bellay, who died in Paris in 1560 at the age of about 37.

The 2019 fire, which destroyed Notre-Dame’s roof and spire, has provided a rare opportunity for archaeologists. Their findings will be on display at an exhibition from November, shortly before the cathedral’s re-opening.

Born near Angers in western France around 1522, du Bellay was – with Pierre de Ronsard – founder of a circle of poets known as La Pleiade which championed French, rather than Latin, as a language of poetry.

It was known from records that du Bellay was buried in Notre-Dame, where he had served as a minor clerical official. But his tomb has never been found.

Analysis of the skeleton inside the lead coffin revealed it to be of a man aged about 35, who suffered from bone tuberculosis in his neck and head, and spent a lot of time in the saddle.

Du Bellay suffered in later years from deafness and debilitating headaches – symptoms consistent with the researchers’ findings. It is also known he was a regular rider, having notably made the journey from Paris to Rome on horse.

One remaining question is why the body was where it was, and not in the side-chapel where it was recorded as being interred.

One theory is that it was moved to the new site after his name became famous with publication of his collected works some years after he died.

Du Bellay is still taught in French schools, and a few of his poems are widely-known.

The most famous Heureux qui comme Ulysse (Happy he who like Ulysses) is about nostalgia for one’s childhood home.

By Hugh Schofield.

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Interior of the church in Montreuil-Bellay, Anjou region of France

French vintage postcard

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Belle, n’aie peur de cela, Partout où sera ta demeure, Mon ciel, jusqu’à tant que je meure, Et mon paradis sera là. - Baiser, Joachim du Bellay (1542)

one year of nikartoirel <3

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Cifuentes sent Dr Ortiz, an imperial agent in Rome at the time, to learn more about England’s situation and the true purposes of du Bellay’s mission. Upon his arrival at the house of Hémard, tensions rose almost immediately. ‘How is the queen of England’s health?’ Ortiz enquired, referring to rumours that Catherine of Aragon had been unwell for quite some time. ‘Which queen?’ du Bellay replied. ‘You know well that I am asking after the true queen,’ Ortiz barked. ‘Anne is the queen of England and she is well and triumphant,’ said du Bellay.

Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn, Estelle Paranque

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He has his own way of comforting.

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PLEASE DO NOT USE, EDIT, COPY, OR CLAIM MY ARTWORK/OCS AS YOUR OWN. DO NOT DELETE CAPTION.

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New poem live.... (transcript in image id)

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Yet another bayonetta edit with my favorite milf lmao

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Château de Montreuil-Bellay, FRANCE

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Nouveau venu qui cherches Rome en Rome 　Et rien de Rome en Rome n’apperçois, 　Ces vieux palais, ces vieux arcs que tu vois, 　Et ces vieux murs, c’est ce que Rome on nomme.

(Joachim du Bellay, Les Antiquités de Rome, 1558)

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"Une Française à Kaboul, l’Aventure d’une Vie” documentaire de Charlotte Erlih et Marie-Pierre Camus - sur la vie en Afghanistan de la bretonne Elisabeth Bellay mariée à Naim Ziai (1927) cousin du Roi Amanullah Khan (1892-1960) - septembre 2024.

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guh

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Although [Du Bellay] spent his time at the Tudor court to fulfil his obligations, he was also conscious of the need to not stay in England a moment too long. Yet this did not deprive him of one of his favourite pastimes, which was to enrage his imperial counterpart. For instance, in a discussion with Chapuys, du Bellay insisted on ‘the great affection that exists between my master and the king here’, infuriating the imperial ambassador. ‘It is a great necessity to have union among princes, and my master, the emperor, has always been a true friend to the king here, [but] sick men often hate their physicians because they prescribe bitter things to them, but [...] esteem them more highly than those who, contrary to the order of the physicians, would give them wine, fruit, and other objectional things,’ Chapuys responded. The French ambassador ignored the insult. Instead, he decided to show off about having just met Queen Anne, as he had letters that ‘the king, his master, has written her and she received me so well that she even kissed me’.

Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn, Estelle Paranque