Sporle, Norfolk, England. St. Mary's Church, South Aisle
Wall Painting, 1390-1400
Reconstructed copy, St. Mary's Church
photo © Stanbury/MMK
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The Saint Between Executioners or Gaolers.

She stands in the centre, facing frontally, clad, as in the previous scene, in a long robe; on each side is an executioner or gaoler, his head a hideous caricature as in 16, in cote-hardie, long stockings, their colors counterchanged, and bizarre head-dress, the one on the right holding a large implement.


Text from E.W. Tristram, English Wall Painting in the 14th Century. London: Routledge, 1955,       249-250.