Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
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ical genius: whose verses and dramas
are lmbued with that atmosphere of
mysticism and religious sentiment
"hlch appeals so strongly to the orr
entail mind. especially to the minds
OF people such as the Japanese.
Royal hearts are subjected to
many strange vicissitudes, fortunate.
indeed, if they find lasting havens of
rest in the mausoIeums or crypts of
churches and cathedrals. Most of the
hearts of the kings of France, pre-
served in silver urns in mummified
condition in the ancient Abbey of St.
Denis. were scattered by the terror
lists at the time of the great French
revolution in 1893 and converted into
highly priced and greatly cherished
pigments for use by the celebrated
portrait painters of the last century.
indeed, there are quite a number of
hearts of princes and princesses of
the formerly reigning house OF
France, which, after being reduced
to powder or to paste. now figure on
the canvas of masterpieces OF picto-
rial art.
The heart of Louis XIV, completely
dried up and in q mummified condi-
ton, after having been purchased by
one Of the English Harcourts in Paris
from the plunderers of the St Denis
Abbey. which they robbed for the
sake of the Jewels, the golden chal-
ices and monstrances which had been
accommodating there for nearly a thou
sand years, and for the sake of the
silver urns containing the royal
hearts. was swallowed Inadvertently
by the famous Dean auckland of
Westminster Abbey during a spell of
Observation-Disclosures when dining at
this deanery.
The missing heart of the famous
Duke of Montrose. which after the
most extraordinary yicissitudes in
Europe and India, and which forms
the theme Of one of Sir Walter
SCOTS most dramatic novels--."The
Heart of Montrose''-is known to
have been brought to America nearly
a hundred years ago and has been the
part of the present Duke of Mont
rose. though until now without sue
cess.
And now an inquiry has been in
augurated under royal auspices for
the whereabouts of the heart Of the
y,
st. George-which was yenerated in
the Chapel of St. George within the
precincts of Windsor Castle UP to
the Reformation. Even till the DAYS
of Oliver Cromwell, the heart was
preserved in a pinnacled golden mon
STRANGE Of wonderful design, with
crystal panels, on the altar of the
chapel.
1t was a gift Of the German EN-
peror Sigismund somewhere about
14S5, the gift being acknowledged by
the then ruler of England, King
Henry VIII. with the bestowai of the
at the castle. Henry VIII is said to
have repeatedly worshiped at this
beautiful shrine of England's patron
saint, besides honoring the memory
of the saint by assigning to the first
company OF the Royal Artillery Com
St. George" Several books and manu-
scripts which came into existence in
the fifteenth century refer to the
heart Of st. George.
And then. in about 1910. the shrine
suddenly vanished and has never been
| heard of since. The only record pre-
| served OF it's appearance is contained
in the British Museum in London.
There are large number of shrines
and OF monstrances which disap-
pedlcu diOHs Win tnelr sacred con-
tents from their homes and religious
establishments in England at the
time OF the reformation, and also dur
ing the wars later on between Charles
and parliament, that have found
| their way to this country, and that
by reason Of their artistic beauty now
| figure in the treasure houses and art
galleries of the rich in the limited
States. 1t might be we'll IL those who
have anything of the kind were to
examine the contents. in order to con-
vince themselves that they have not
got concealed therein the missing
| heart of England's patron saint, st.
George.