Bay 11 - Key
Index to panels: (Click captions below to open detailed view in this window or click the relevant panel on the diagrams to the left to open in a new window).
1) Denis enthroned as Areopagite
2) Denis and Apollophanus observe an eclipse from Heliopolis
3) St Paul preaching in Athens near an altar to "The Unknown God"
4) St Paul debating with the Athenian philosophers
5) Denis becomes a disciple of St Paul
6) St Paul instructing Denis in the faith
7) St Paul installs Denis as Bishop of Athens
8) Denis preaching to the people of Paris
9) The prefect, Fescenninus, has Denis arrested
10) Denis is thrown into prison
11) Denis is tortured on an iron griddle
12) Unidentified detail (possibly witnesses to panel 11?)
13) The prefect Fescenninus ordering further tortures (left panel of pair) 14) Denis is thrown into a blazing oven (right panel of pair)
15) Denis is fed to ravenous beasts but he tames them
16) Whilst in prison, Denis receives communion from Christ Himself
17) Denis' companions, Rusticus and Eleutherius, are beheaded
18) An executioner cuts of the top of St Denis' head
19) An angel directs the cephalophore Denis 20) The dead saint carries his head to his chosen resting place
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Grodecki Bay #: ? Clement & Guitard pp. 48-51 Cahier & Martin vol.? p. ?