Stained glass on the right of the north transept

A huge glass roof by Louis-Charles Crespin and Florent-Prosper Colpaert,
dating from 1938, represents the Tree of Jesse. It was erected to celebrate the third
centenary of the brotherhood of the Holy Name of Mary, which was an important occasion at this time. The tree
of Jesse refers to the ancestry of Christ. The branches start from Jesse, who was the father of
King David, and end at the Virgin, the mother of Christ. In the stained glass window, there are 20 names
from Jewish history. The kings are grouped at the bottom. Higher up are gathered the non-rulers,
such as Saint Joseph to whom the infant Jesus extends his arms.

On the right, another immense glass roof dating from 1889, by the famous Bruges master glassmaker Samuel Coucke.
It represents the Virgin in a mandorla
a word of Italian origin, which means ‘almond’. At the bottom, the coats of arms of the Cornet d’Elzius family and
wedding rings.

A reliquary houses an ex ossibus relic of Blessed Charles I, the last emperor of Austria.
He tried in vain to establish peace during World War One with
the help of his Bourbon-Parma brothers-in-law. He was married to Zita
de Bourbon-Parma.