A belated reference to black statutes of the Virgin Mary:
Jonathan Sumption, Pilgrimage (London, 1975) mentions the existence of
three such statues at Chartres, Rocamadour and Le Puy (p.278), drawing
from E Rupin, Roc-Amadour. Étude historique et archéologique, Paris,
1904; A. Chassaing, Chroniques d'Étienne Medicis, vol I, Le Puy,
1869, p29n, Chron. Lemovicense, RHGF 21:768 (on 1255), Gallia
Christiana 2:716.
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