This song was taken from a manuscript originally located in the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. It was used by the Order of the Temple of Solomon (The Knights Templar). The opening sequence was filmed in Canterbury Cathedral. The bronze effigy is the tomb of Edward The Black Prince (1330-1376). The tomb is situated in Canterbury Cathedral. The Doom Painting is situated in the Holy Trinity Church Coventry. The Round Table, is situated in the Great Hall in Winchester Castle. The Most Noble Order of the Garter was filmed in St.George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The 'Crown of an English Queen' is locked in a vault at the Residenz Palace in Munich. The crown is the only object in Richard II's inventory which survives today and is the oldest surviving crown of England c. 1380. The 'Wilton Diptych' was painted as a portable altarpiece for the private devotion of King Richard II who ruled England from 1377 to 1399. Now displayed at the National Gallery London. Richard II is presented by three saints to the Virgin and Child and a company of eleven angels. Nearest to Richard is his patron saint John the Baptist. Behind are Saint Edward the Confessor and Saint Edmund, earlier English kings who came to be venerated as saints. Antiphona: Salve Regina the "Medieval Chant of the Templars" : I do not own the rights to this song. All credits are shown at the conclusion. English: Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy promises of Christ. Latin: Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exules filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

• published: 12 Feb 2010
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