Bay 16 - St Margaret + St Catherine

 

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01 - Margaret of Lèves praying before statue of the Virgin & Child
02 - Donors (Geffroy de Meslay and Guerin de Fraize)

03 - St Margaret vanquishing a demon
04 - St Margaret bursting out of the belly of a dragon
05 - The Prefect, Olibrius, condemns Margaret to death
06 - Martyrdom of St Margaret

07 - Catherine berating the Emperor Maxentius over his errors
08 - St Catherine is imprisoned
09 - Maxentius assembles scholars to refute Catherine's arguments...
10 - ...St Catherine instead converts the scholars by her arguments
11 - Maxentius has the scholars roasted to death (left half)
12 - Maxentius has the scholars roasted to death (right half)
14 - The souls of the martyred scholars carried up to heaven by angels
13 - Catherine is driven off to prison
15 - The Queen visits Catherine in prison and is converted by her
16 - Christ visits Catherine in prison and brings her Communion
17 - Maxentius tells Catherine to sacrifice to an idol or suffer execution
18 - Catherine is tortured but the wheel and her torturers are destroyed
19 - Enraged by her conversion, Maxentius orders his wife's execution
20 - The queen is tortured, her breasts ripped off with flesh hooks
21 - St Catherine is executed by decapitation
22 - Porphyrius gives the Queen's body a Christian burial

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19 - Enraged by her conversion, Maxentius orders his wife's execution20 - The queen is tortured, her breasts ripped off with flesh hooks21 - St Catherine is executed by decapitation22 - The captain of the guard, Porphyrius, gives the Queen's body a Christian burial18 - Catherine is tortured but the wheel and her torturers are destroyed17 - Maxentius tells Catherine she must sacrifice to an idol or suffer execution16 - Christ visits Catherine in prison and brings her Communion15 - The Queen visits Catherine in prison and is converted by her14 - The souls of the martyred scholars carried up to heaven by angels13 - Catherine is driven off to prison12 - Maxentius has the scholars roasted to death (right half)11 - Maxentius has the scholars roasted to death (left half)10 - St Catherine instead converts the pagan scholars by her arguments09 - Maxentius assembles a group of scholars to refute Catherine's arguments (left panel of pair)08 - St Catherine is imprisoned07 - Catherine berating the Emperor Maxentius over his errors06 - Martyrdom of St Margaret 01 - Donatrix (Margaret of Lèves) praying before statue of the Virgin & Child 02 - Donors (Geffroy de Meslay and Guerin de Fraize) 03 - St Margaret vanquishing a demon 04 - St Margaret bursting out of the belly of a dragon 05 - The Prefect, Olibrius, condemns Margaret to death