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Matthew was a notable patron of art and letters. He initiated a program of tomb refurbishment, possibly at the instigation of Louis IX, to bolster Saint-Denis's position as the royal necropolis. The tombs were completed in 1267, safeguarding the abbey as the preferred site for royal burial against
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from the altar and receiving the abbot's blessing. Matthew continued as regent after Louis's death on crusade until the return of his son,
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also released him from the debts racked up by his predecessor, while Louis IX relieved the abbey of the duty of providing hospitality (
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de Primat (Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 782): une première interprétation imagée de l'histoire de France".
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31:(kneeling), who wrote the text and hands it to the king (seated, crowned) while the royal court and three monks look on.
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given to Philip III in 1274 still survives. The production of this work was certainly overseen personally by
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in the Vendômois. This church had once been a property of Saint-Denis, but in 1060 it was acquired by the
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Wright, Georgia
Sommers (1974). "A Royal Tomb Program in the Reign of St. Louis".
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A Tale of Two
Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century
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The Royal Image: Illustrations of the
Grandes Chroniques de France, 1274–1422
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