■MARGARET (Me;Ej^N>;MHi:XRY AXD
HER COURT.
visits rendered King Henry VI.
f and liid t^mM'/MitTigiiret;
in the midst of their misfortunes,
great favourites with the
Kvi n of y i5Tds m
■ i In -if'. lit ion- imimir*l!a3v^h
[ f l i p ° f which a&or'tion- i i v ;
It is placed ‘at the ‘ north end of the dining hall H S H |
tM arsgs Hall, .’if g /o i mr\, il'mj&ffMKI 11 ^ * »Mjm?i‘r iVgi-fa
Lpcf^wjaeath the-windows, ‘andjjsgthirt^/l ^ y lQn
high. A compartmen t in the-middle, olmt much defaced,
feppeUi^^b^havearlipn'dinitc'd the 1
|pl).j^ ^ P i'9 j^liqgfloft of this are »denj.the» kin<r,?/wjth Mill
ImHMKwMjnpicd in |p.raycr.
Mud'ranSriins), .and some emblematical figure s^
I On m^^|her-i>'si<|d>of the central-compartment iir’e'Bh®
queen, with the ladies of
Ilff'silnila’iity of tlfe Ling to^femr- portraits gBjhin^*j£'is!
believed Jhat we Iwtve 'here ».Wtmn^r^irtrait {tuft Queunr
(Margaret. -Sheds represented as a tall 'Stat«HHn9pi
|v\ith^mnewhat of a masculine
rich flowing |fqbe, with a chain of’ gtftd^jwraK hemp^B
IJ'he-lady kneeling behind|tlie queen, who h is il^Bi i h mi
|>f golu^ .is identified by' tradition
B3uckinghsim^p0.t ;we cannot p la c e ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B
|uch a^ji^'prity. In the tapestry, aboye^thi^gfrnip * of
ladies, are female saints placed similarly, to t h e o n
Ihe sid^qShe king.
I St. Marys Hall, one of the most remarkable buildings^
In Coventry, which owes iis t un 1 m n i r) m 1 1 1 -»
Eilds of merchants, wliich here, as \ II is ,m ( li ~i i, ir
po well known to "the literary antiquarian
pnd miracle plays they were - accustomed to' perform on
■heir festival days, was itself built n^the* earlier part of
Ipe reign vbf Henry VIv dAmqUg.the ntimerpus paintings
In its windows, and the architectural ornaments with