Bay 208 - The Life of St Martial
(All images © Dr Stuart Whatling)
Index to panels:
First Register:A1 - Martial washing Christ's hands before the Last Supper
B1 - The Last Supper
C1 - St Peter giving Martial his mission
D1 - Martial healing a man ? Second Register:
A2 - Martial saving the Prisoners of Limoges (1/2)
B2 - The King and his priests witnessing the miracle (2/2)
C2 - The newly converted King is baptised (1/2)
D2 - The King's household watching his baptism (2/2) Third Register:
A3 - Martial cures a posessed girl
B3 - He then baptises the girl's grateful father
C3 - Martial and his entourage receiving hospitality
D3 - Their host receives baptism the following day Fourth Register:
A4 - Martial preaching to a crowd (1/2)
B4 - The crowd listening attentively (2/2)
C4 - Martial baptises a child, watched by its parents
D4 - St Martial preaching Fifth Register:
A5 - St Martial preaching (1/2)
B5 - An excited crowd listening to St Martial (2/2)
C5 - St Martial preaching to an unseen crowd
D5 - Martial heals the son of a nobleman Sixth Register:
A6 - Martial resurrects a boy killed by a serpent
B6 - Death of St Martial
C6 - Funeral of St Martial (1/2)
D6 - Funeral of St Martial (2/2) Upper section:
E - Heraldic device (arms of Castille)
F - Heraldic device (arms of Castille)
G - Undistinguished bishop saint
Overview:
Direction of reading follows a simple left to right, bottom to top pattern.