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Mary Magdalene carrying the Holy Grail at Saint Louis Cathedral New Orleans
Photo by Carolyn Shield |
Mary Magdalene carries the Holy Grail just like below picture in Blanche Castile’s psalter. Hit the link below and you will see a woman crowned carrying a cross and cup.
www.1st-art-gallery.com/French-Miniaturist/Psalter-Of-Blanche-Of-Castile.html
It is dated c. 1235 Illumination on parchment, 280 x 200 mm Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris. Psalter of Blanche of Castile representing the Crucifixion and Deposition. This psalter - according to a fourteenth-century tradition - belonged to Blanche of Castile (died 1252. Queen Blanche’s treasure maybe that Mary Magdalen carried the Holy Grail with her. The French Cajuns brought their myths and legends with them from Arcadia.
www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/zgothic/miniatur/1201-250/09f_1200.html
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