Laura, There was a squint at the head of the king's bed in the Painted
Chamber in the palace of Westminster; Henry III had it made so he could
see mass celebrated in his private chapel without, apparently, troubling
himself to get out of bed. No one can say if there was a corresponding squint
in the queen's chamber because, naturally, nobody bothered to examine it
carefully before it was demolished following the great fire of 1837 that
destroyed most of the medieval palace except the Great Hall and the basement
of St Stephen's chapel (which was not the aforementioned private chapel).
See Paul Binski's _The Painted Chamber at Westminster_ (London, Society of
Antiquaries, 1986), pp. 13-14.
John Parsons
On Sun, 10 May 1998, laura jacobus wrote:
> I'm looking for information on how squints were used in
> private chapels. If you know of any articles, anecdotal
> evidence etc which would shed light on the subject I'd be
> grateful to know of it. I'm particularly interested in
> examples of women using such squints
>
> Laura Jacobus
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