Bay 05 - The Life of St James the Greater
Index to panels:
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01 - Signature
panel (A furrier selling a robe)
02 - Signature
panel (A draper measuring striped cloth)
03 - Christ giving James his Mission to Galicia (?)
05 - James preaching to a crowd on the subject of the Eucharist
04 - Hermogenes sends his acolyte Philetus to attack James
06 - Philetus is won over by James' preaching
07 - Philetus returns to Hermogenes and tells him of his conversion
08 - Hermogenes casts a spell on Philetus, paralysing him
09 - James sends Hermogenes' servant away with a piece of cloth
10 - When touched with the cloth, Philetus is freed from the spell
11 - Hermogenes sends two demons to capture James and Philetus
13 - Instead James commands them to bring Hermogenes to him
12 - The demons bind their former master and drag him to James
14 - Hermogenes is brought before James and Philetus
15 - James discusses Christian doctrine with Hermogenes
16 - Now converted, the sorcerer tries to burn his books
17 - James tells Hermogenes to throw his magic books into the sea
18 - Hermogenes and Philetus prostrate themselves as penitents
19 - Watched by James, Hermogenes destroys a pagan idol
21 - Hermogenes preaching Christianity to his former followers
20 - Angered by his preaching, the Jews have James imprisoned
22 - From prison, James gives a long sermon on the divinity of Christ
24 - A scribe, Josias, leads James on a rope
23 - Josias converts - and is then beaten on the High Priest's orders
25 - James and Josias are condemned to death by Herod
26 - James heals the lame as he and Josias are led away
27 - James and Josias are led out of the city gate to their execution
29 - Josias is beheaded before Herod
28 - James is beheaded
30 - Christ seated on a cloud between two candelabra, blessing
The story shown in this window follows the account given in the Golden Legend quite closely (Vol. II, pp.3-5 in the Princeton edition). See Delaporte & Houvet pp. 307-13 for more on the background and notes on condition.
