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Reference:"1300... L'Art au Temps de Philippe le Bel" Ecole du Louvre

Beauvais Cathedral
The chapel of St Vincent - w.10

Scenes from the life of St Vincent - late C13

The panels were installed soon after the collapse of the vaults in the neighbouring choir in 1284. They are in the style of the late C13 when coloured scenes were often set against grisaille - the so-called "band style".

The rose above

St Vincent being roasted alive

Donor, Raoul de Senlis

..and body protected by the birds

Donor, Raoul de Senlis

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