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Bay 101 - St Laurence
(All images © Dr Stuart Whatling)
19-21 - Soldiers arrest Laurence and deliver him to the Emperor Decius 16-17 - Laurence examined by Decius and his provost, Valerianus 18 - Laurence is thrown into prison 12 - Christ visits Laurence in Prison 10-11 - Laurence is tortured with whips 07-09 - Martyrdom of Laurence on an iron griddle 04-06 - Funeral of laurence 01-03 - Panels obscured by later balustrade (Not photographed) 13-15 - Laurence is questioned a second time
Index to the panels:
19-21 - Soldiers bring Laurence before the Emperor Decius

16-17 - Laurence examined by Decius and Valerianus
18 - Laurence is thrown into prison

13-15 - Laurence is questioned a second time

10-11 - Laurence is tortured with whips
12 - Christ visits Laurence in Prison

07-09 - Martyrdom of Laurence on an iron griddle

04-06 - Funeral of laurence

01-03 - Panels obscured by later balustrade (Not photographed)

Overview:
Very heavily restored (in an historicising style) by Steinheil in 1886 - relative little of this window is original.
For more detail on St Laurence, see Bourges Cathedral Bay 08.