Bay 210 - The Life of St James
(All images © Dr Stuart Whatling)
Index to panels:
First Register:A1 - The Calling of James and John
B1 - Christ instructing James
C1 - Unidentified scene (James instructing Hermogenes?)
D1 - Unidentified scene (James blessing a man outside a city gate) Second Register:
A2 - Christ telling James to go and evangelise Galicia
B2 - Christ giving James his pilgrim's staff
C2 - James attempting to convert the Galicians
D2 - On his way to trial, James heals a lame man Third Register:
A3 - James is led away with a rope around his neck
B3 - Herod Agrippa sending for James
C3 - James before Herod Agrippa
D3 - James baptising his captor, Josiah, whom he has converted Fourth Register:
A4 - James is violently led away for execution
B4 - A family on pilgrimage to Santiago arrive at an inn
C4 - The dishonest innkeeper hides a gold cup in the pilgrim's bag
D4 - The pilgrims leave the inn, unaware of their extra cargo Fifth Register:
A5 - The pilgrim's son is arrested for stealing the cup
B5 - The boy is hanged from a gibbet but saved by St James
C5 - The disconsolate pilgrims continue on their journey
D5 - James frees the boy unharmed and carries him to Santiago Sixth Register:
A6 - James sends the boy into his shrine where his parents await (1/2)
B6 - At the shrine, the mother sees her son approaching (2/2)
C6 - The family returning safely home after their pilgrimage
D6 - The execution of St James Upper section:
G - Unidentified bishop saint
Overview:
Direction of reading follows a simple left to right, bottom to top pattern.