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104b Panel 04 - Unidentified scene with a king and queen?
Description:
Given the poor state of preservation and the loss of its original content, this panel presents something of a conundrum. The CVMA identifies it speculatively as Martin choosing St Brice as his successor but this clearly doesn't fit. Instead we seem to have a ruler of some sort seated left of centre, who is being addressed (note her hand gestures) by a queen or princess. The latter wears a crown and a long robe of vair (the standard medieval index of wealth and status) and is accompanied by a female attendant of some sort. The head of the figure standing furthest left is a later, and rather ill-fitting replacement. The surviving elements of this man's costume are not enough to be certain but this may well have been St Martin.