Show JEANNE OLD SWORD museum at dijon said to possess blade given to maid of orleans by king charles vil VII parts paris biographers of jeanne darc including anotole anatole fiance and andrew lang have never been able to discover any authentic relics of the maid of orleans the executioner threw her ashes into the seine and the cottage at domremy has not so much as a wo wooden 0 den shoe which can be proved to have hav 0 belonged to the liberator of france there Is however in the museum at dijon a sword kept in the hall with the tombs of philip the hold bold and jean sans san tor for which the custodian M E betman has documents proving that it once belonged to jeanne darc on one face of the hilt Is engraved a figure of the mald maid in peasant costume kneeling before a cross with the nam charles eCharles VII on the other Is the word ours on both the arms of france and those of the city of orleans the date 1419 1410 is 13 founds in five places on hilt and blade this date may indicate when the sword was made or it may be in commemoration or of the assassination of the due duc de bourgogne in the presence of the tha dauphin the future charles VIL VII on the bridge of 0 montereau Mon Man M Met mans manuscripts show that the sword was manufactured at toledo and was autographed by the sword maker lupus aguado and that it was specially made as a present to the maid iati from the king of franco france |