Bay 12 - Key
Index to panels:
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1) Vincent is ordained as deacon by St Valerius
3) Vincent
and Valerius are brought before Dacian (Left panel of pair)
4) Dacian ordering his captives
to worship an idol (right panel of pair)
5) On
Dacian's orders, Valerius is sent into exile...
6) ...while Vincent is condemned
to be tortured
7) Vincent
happily endures his torture (left panel of pair)
8) Dacian angered by Vincent's
obstinate endurance (right panel of pair)
9) Dacian
goads his torturers (left panel of pair)
10) The torturers drive spikes into Vincent's
body (right panel of pair)
11) Vincent
is tortured with hot coals (left panel of pair)
12) Dacian watches the torture,
egged-on by a demon (right panel of pair)
13) Dacian
ordering yet more tortures (left panel of pair)
14) Vincent is locked in a dark dungeon (right
panel of pair)
15) Vincent
dies under the 'comfy bed' torture (left panel of pair)
16) Dacian watching the saint's death (right
panel of pair)
17) Vincent's corpse is guarded by a crow, which scares off a wolf
18) Dacian hears of the failure of his attempt to dispose of the body
19) Dacian
orders the body's disposal at sea (left panel of pair)
20) Vincent's body is dumped
overboard (right panel of pair)
Panels 5-16 form a series of 5 horizontal pairs, with Dacian watching the action on one panel and Vincent's tortures depicted in the other. In each pair their positions are reversed, creating a more interesting visual rhythm.
Grodecki Bay #: ?
Clement & Guitard pp. 66-8
Cahier & Martin vol.? p. ?
