Bay 15 - St Margaret of Antioch
(All images © Dr Stuart Whatling)
Index to the panels:
01 - Margaret professes her faith before the prefect, Olybrius02 - Olybrius has Margaret imprisoned
03 - On the orders of Olybrius, Margaret is beaten with rods 06 - Margaret scares off a dragon with the sign of the Cross
05 - A devil tries to tempt Margaret but she traps it underfoot
04 - Margaret gives the devil a sound thrashing 07 - Margaret refuses to sacrifice to Olybrius' pagan idols
08 - She is burned at the stake but remains unharmed (left half)
09 - Crowds witnessing the miracle (right half of scene) 10 - Olybrius ordering Margaret to be boiled alive (panel 1 of 3)
11 - Margaret surviving the boiling water (panel 2 of 3)
12 - Crowds converted by witnessing the miracle (panel 3 of 3) 13 - A palace or city with the gate wide open
14 - Decapitation of the 5,000 new converts (panel 1 of 2)
15 - Decapitation of the 5,000 new converts (panel 2 of 2) 16 - Olybrius orders Margaret's decapitation (panel 1 of 3)
17 - The decapitation of Margaret (panel 2 of 3)
18 - Witnesses at the martyrdom of Margaret (panel 3 of 3)
19 - The apotheosis of St Margaret
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