Bay 08 - St Sylvester
Index to panels:
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1)
Donor panel (Masons carrying stone)
2) Donor panel (Masons constructing
a building)
3) Donor panel (Mason's tools and
templates)
4)
The young Sylvester presented by his mother to the priest Cyrinus
5) Sylvester welcoming St Timothy
to his house
6) Execution of St Timothy
8) Funeral of St Timothy
9) Sylvester refusing the prefect's
orders to worship an idol
7) Death of the prefect Tarquin,
who chokes on a fish bone
11) Sylvester released from prison
by Pope Melchiades
13) People beg Sylvester (holding
book) to become a deacon
14) Sylvester is ordained by Melchiades
as deacon
15) After the death of Melchiades
Sylvester installed as Pope
16)
Emperor Constantine falls ill (note doctor with urine flask)
17) Constantine orders sacrifices
to an idol
18) Pope Sylvester and his followers
flee persecution
20) Soldiers about to prepare a bath
with the blood of 3000 children
22) Mothers grieving the impending
death of their children
23) Moved by their grief, Constantine
cancels the massacre
24) The mothers depart with their
children, laden with gifts
26) In a dream, Constantine is told
to recall Pope Sylvester
27) Sylvester receives the messengers
from Constantine
25) Sylvester and a companion (with
book) before Constantine
29) Baptism of Constantine
31) Sylvester and Constantine laying
the foundations of St Peters
32) Sylvester and Constantine conversing
in a cart ??
33) Constantine witnessing events
in scene 35
34) Constantine witnessing events
in scene 36
35) A Jewish magus, Zambri, kills
a bull by whispering in its ear
36) Sylvester brings the bull back
to life
38)
St Sylvester's Funeral
40-41) Angels receiving the saint's
soul
The 8 small circular medallions (10, 12, 19, 21, 28, 30, 37, 39) each contain a crowned figure holding a scroll on which is written one of the laws Constantine enacted regarding the rights of the Roman church.
