On the trail of the Templars

In June 2007 BBC Radio 4 presented a documentary by Martin Palmer to mark the 700th anniversary of the arrest and trial of the Templars.

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Templar figures, Temple Balsall
The church at Temple Balsall contains figures of Templar knights. You need binoculars to view them clearly. Is Martin right to identify the figure (below, top right) as King Solomon? It has the headgear of a High Priest, as Solomon wears when depicted elsewhere in medieval glass.
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