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discussion <strong>of</strong> the plan <strong>and</strong> its popularity in France, see Hautecoeur, Architecture classique, 1, pt.<br />

3:405-18.<br />

19 Le Pas de Sécheval, "Politique artistique," 441.<br />

20 Scholars now recognize a lack <strong>of</strong> stylistic unity among Jesuit churches, a topic long debated by<br />

architectural historians. For a recent <strong>state</strong> <strong>of</strong> the literature concerning Jesuit architecture, see<br />

Bailey, "Le style jésuite,” 38-46.<br />

21 For descriptions <strong>of</strong> the ceremony, see Blond, Maison pr<strong>of</strong>esse, 58; Fouqueray, Histoire, 4:247-<br />

48.<br />

22 The custom <strong>of</strong> blessing the site <strong>of</strong> a new church dated at least to the sixth century, with the<br />

first clear mention <strong>of</strong> a ceremonial first stone in the Roman Pontifical only occurring in the<br />

thirteenth century. The local bishop usually <strong>of</strong>ficiated at the rite. A more elaborate ceremony,<br />

which is essentially the same today, appeared in 1572. For a further description <strong>of</strong> the ceremony,<br />

see C. H. Meinberg, "Cornerstone," in New Catholic Encyclopedia, ed. Catholic University <strong>of</strong><br />

America (New York: McGraw Hill, 1967), 4: 335-36.<br />

23 The specifics <strong>of</strong> Louis XIII setting the foundation stone were recorded in a letter from Père<br />

Tacon to the superior general <strong>of</strong> the Society dated 10 March 1627, Archivum Romanum<br />

Societatis Iesu, Francia, fundat. colleg. Volume 1, n. 9; as quoted in Fouqueray, Histoire, 4:247-<br />

48.<br />

24 For the description <strong>of</strong> the foundation stone, see Piganiol de la Force, Description historique,<br />

5:2-3.<br />

25 “D. O. M. S. LUDOVICO QUI TOTUM ORBEM IN TEMPLUM DEI ARMIS ANIMISQ.<br />

DESTINAVIT LUDOVICUS XIII HOC TEMPLUM EREXIT UT QUEM GALLIA COLUIT<br />

UT REGEM AMAVIT UT PATREM HIC VENERETUR UT COELITEM ANN MDCXXVII.”<br />

D. O. M., abbreviated on the print, st<strong>and</strong>s for “Deo Optimo Maximo.” For help with translating<br />

all the Latin phrases in this chapter, I would like to thank Dr. Richard Emmerson <strong>and</strong> Rick<br />

Bessey.<br />

26<br />

The description <strong>of</strong> the king’s attire, including being dressed in armor, is found in Mazerolle,<br />

Médailleurs français, 2: no. 800.<br />

27 “D. O. M. S. LUDOVICO LUDOVICUS XIII EXSTRUXIT AN MDCXXVII UT QUEM<br />

AUCTOREM HABET GENERIS NOMINIS AC REGNI EUNDEM HABEAT AETERNAE<br />

SALUTIS ADIUTOREM.”<br />

28 John L. Varriano, "The Architecture <strong>of</strong> Papal Medals," in Projects <strong>and</strong> Monuments in the<br />

Period <strong>of</strong> the Roman Baroque, ed. Hellmut Hager <strong>and</strong> Susan Scott Munshower (University Park,<br />

PA: Pennsylvania State University, 1984), 69-70.<br />

112

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