The Virgin with Saints Barbara and Catherine
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Letter P, with smaller letters H and S set within, forming the monogram PHS, for Philippus. On interior, six roundels depicting the legend of the apostle Philip. Beginning with the three left-most roundels at top: Saint Philip setting out on his mission; Saint Philip preaching in Scythia; Saint Philip refusing to worship an idol and provoking the wrath of a dragon lurking within; on the two roundels below, the taking of Philip; the crucifixion of Philip. On the roundel at upper right, burial of Saint Philip.
Peapod with ten scenes from Genesis, the Infancy, the Passion:
On left side: Creation of Adam; Crucifixion, Creation of Eve, Resurrection, Original Sin
On right side: Annunciation; Temptation; Nativity; Expulsion; Flight into Egypt
Triptych corpus: Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds in the background as well as three typological Old Testament scenes: Gideon and the Fleece, Moses and the Burning Bush, Aaron and the Flowering Rod; Left wing: eight kneeling figures; Right wing: six kneeling figures presented by two bishops
Seated Virgin and Child with kneeling nun holding a rosary
Upper half: Adoration of the Magi
Lower half: Pietà with St James the Greater and St Ursula; figures of male and female donors kneeling at either side. On the table on which they kneel are two paired shields of arms.
source: British Museum website
Paternoster: Mass of St Gregory (upper), Virgin of the Apocalypse (lower), Ten Ave Beads, Crucifix, and Finger Ring. All the beads have faceted exteriors
Top row of outer roundels on paternoster: Circumcision; Confession; angel musicians
Middle row of outer roundels: arms of England; Cleansing of Naaman (2 scenes); resurrected figures
Bottom row of outer roundels: Trajan and widow; Almsgiving; Christ and woman taken in adultery; baptism; resurrected figures
bead I: St. Matthew and Habakkuk: Last Judgement; Judgement of Solomon
Upper scene: Holy Kinship: Virgin and Child with saints Anne, Cleophas and Salome; Lower scene: St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child across the water guided by a hermit holding a lantern
Paternoster, Ten Apostle Ave Beads, Crucifix, and Finger Ring
Paternoster: exterior - Gothic tracery;
Interior upper: Celestial Jerusalem with Christ presiding over Last Judgement with St. Matthew on left, Job on right;
Interior lower: Cleansing of Naaman with St. Jude seated by River Jordan
Bead B: members of church; Good Samaritan?
Bead C: Baptism of Christ; Pentecost
Bead D: Last Judgement; Judgement of Solomon
Bead E: Ascension; Transfiguration; murder of Amos by Amaziah, priest of Bethel