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(c) Copyright Painton Cowen 2015

York Minster, Chapter House, CH-n.IV

(Identification of the panels from Helen Moxon's thesis: “York Minster’s Chapter House and its Painted Glass Narratives”, PhD, University of York, 2017. Also from Chloe Morgan: "A Life of St Catherine of Alexandria in the Chapter House of York Minster." JBAA 162(2009):146-78))

The Life of St Catherine

 

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Martyrdom

Visited by Christ in prison?

Breaking the wheel

Visited by Empress in prison

Angels carry Catherine's soul

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The saint imprisoned

emperor & empress

A torture scene

Philosophers thrown intoflames

Maxentius leaves the city

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The saint leaves prison

Messenger with the philosophers

Philosophers with Maxentius

Maxentius and messengerr

The saint with Maxentius

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Angel visits the saint

The saint with emperor

The saint led to prison

Sacrifice of beasts

before the emperor

 

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