Wer ist Mona Lisa? – Identifizierung einer Unbekannten mit Hilfe historischer Quellen
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Wie der Tag beim Kardinal Richelieu gegen Ende seines Lebens ablief: "The Cardinal usually retired for the night at eleven o'clock: he slept for four hours; and at three o'clock his secretary entered with writing materials and a despatch-box. Richelieu rose, and dictated despatches until six o'clock, when he again retired to bed for two hours. Every Sunday he received the Holy Eucharist at dawn. He dined at one o'clock, then considered to be a very late hour. The afternoon was spent with the King [Ludwig XIII.], in granting audiences, in receiving artists, men of letters, and in taking exercise on foot, and an airing along the fashionable promenade of Paris, Le Cours de la Reine ... At night Richelieu supped magnificently - a banquet of which it was considered the highest honour to partake. Cards, music, and conversation were then the pastimes of the salons of the Palais Cardinal, until eleven o'clock, when the Cardinal withdrew, except on special occasions." (in: Martha Walker Freer: The Married Life of Anna of Austria, Queen of France, Mother of Louis XIV., and Don Sebastian, King of Portugal (Historical Studies), Volume 2, id., p. 157).
Wie der Kardinal Richelieu transportiert wurde, als es ihm aus gesundheitlichen Gründen schon sehr schlecht ging: "From Lyons the Cardinal travelled to the capital [Paris] with the pompous progress of a sovereign prince. His infirmities were now so great, that he could not bear the motion of any kind of carriage drawn by horses. The greater part of the journey, therefore, was performed by water. The Cardinal had thus a comfortable journey from Tarascon to Lyons; but from Lyons to Roanne, the place where he was to embark on the Loire, many miles of country intervened. A large chamber of wood was therefore built, having windows and doors, draped on the outside with red damask, and ornamented with gold mouldings. In wet weather a cover of oil cloth was prepared to case the damask, and to render the chamber waterproof. Inside was a bed, a couch, a table, a mirror, and a chair for the secretary of the minister [Richelieu], or for the occupation of Madame d'Aiguillon [seiner geliebten Nichte Marie-Madeleine du Plessis-Vignerot (1604-1675)]. Twelve gentlemen of the guard bore along this sumptuous litter by gilded staves resting on their shoulders. In this state the Cardinal was borne from Lyons to embark on the river Loire by his devoted gentlemen in turn, who all persisted in marching bareheaded." (in: Martha Walker Freer: The Married Life of Anna of Austria, Queen of France, Mother of Louis XIV., and Don Sebastian, King of Portugal (Historical Studies), Volume 2, id., pp. 198-199).
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