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> A similar tale was told about Eustace, of course. Earlier this week I
> came across reference to the commissioning of painted glass for the
> king and queen™s respective chapels at the palace attached to
> Gillingham Forest (near Shaftesbury in Dorset) (citing a writ of 37
> Henry III). The queen™s chapel was to have images, matching its
> altars, of Edward King and Martyr (enshrined at Shaftesbury) and
> Edward the Confessor. That of the king was to have images of Mary,
> Edward the Confessor and Eustace.
This imagery is similar to that in the Painted Chamber at Westminster Palace, I
believe. There were a *huge* number of stained glass windows dedicated to St
Eustace throughout northern central France dating from the 13th century, as well as
a considerable number of manuscripts of his vita.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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