†Central Diamond 1: Placidas hunts a stag. • Row 1: Part of the hunt. • Row 2: Part of the hunt. • Row 3 (two circles): Sees crucifix between stag's antlers; Placidus chooses to be baptized a Christian, and receives the name Eustace. • Row 4: Drapers, as donors. • Row 5: Furriers, as donors.
† Central Diamond 2: Eustace leaves city with wife and children. • Row 6 (two circles): Negociates for passage on ship and sails to Egypt (2 panels).
† Central Diamond 3: Eustace and children driven from the boat, while boat captain retains his wife [story continues in row 9].
• Row 7: Eustace's two sons meet and recognize each other; Eustace converses with the emperor's messengers and they realize he is Placidas whom they have been sent to find [story continues row 10]. • Row 8: Emperor Trajan sends for Placidas (now Eustace); The messengers lodge with Eustace without recognizing him [story continues in row 11, right].
†Central Diamond 1: Placidas hunts a stag. • Row 1: Part of the hunt. • Row 2: Part of the hunt. • Row 3 (two circles): Sees crucifix between stag's antlers; Placidus chooses to be baptized a Christian, and receives the name Eustace.
• Row 6 (two circles): Negociates for passage on ship and sails to Egypt (2 panels).
† Central Diamond 3: Eustace and children driven from the boat, while boat captain retains his wife [story continues in row 9].
• Row 7: Eustace's two sons meet and recognize each other; Eustace converses with the emperor's messengers and they realize he is Placidas whom they have been sent to find [story continues row 10]. • Row 8: Emperor Trajan sends for Placidas (now Eustace); The messengers lodge with Eustace without recognizing him [story continues in row 11, right]. • Row 9 (two circles): Eustace fords a river; one child is carried off by pink lion, another attacked by wolf who is in his turn attacked by shepherds [story continues in row 8]. • Row 10: Two recruits (his sons) brought to Eustace but he does not recognize them [story continues in row 11, left]; EITHER family celebrates their reunion OR the messengers tell Eustace's friends of his exploits [story continues in Central Diamond 4].
† Central Diamond 4: Eustace, wife, and children re-united [story continues row 12, left].
• Row 11: Eustace's kidnapped wife leaves to find him [story continues in row 10, right]; Eustace's son selected for military service [story continues row 10, left]. • Row 12: Roman emperor thanks his idols for bringing victory to Eustace; Eustace will not worship the idols. • Row 13: Eustace's execution ordered (also in round panel directly above); servants carry out the emperor's execution order (see also round panel directly above).
†Central Diamond 5: Eustace and family are martyred by being burned in a bull-shaped cauldron.
Bottom to top, left to right (some rows have the story proceed RIGHT to left; marked '!' where this occurs:
• Row 01: Furrier as donor; Draper as donor measures cloth. • Row 02: Christ gives James a pilgrim's staff (perhaps assign to mission in Galacia?) • Row 03: Demon inspires Hermogenes (Almogines), a magician, to send his disciple, Filetus, to confront James; James preaches (!). • Row 04: James and Filetus meet, and the saint converts him. • Row 05: Filetus reports his conversion to Hermogenes; Hermogenes binds his apprentence with magic. • Row 06: James sends his cloak to free Filetus from the spell; the demon thus driven out weeps as he responds to the saint's power. • Row 07: Hermogenes summons two demons to capture James • Row 08: James overpower Hermogenes' control, and commands the demons to bring Hermogenes to James (2 panels). • Row 09: Hermogenes is brought to James and Filetus. • Row 10: James teaches Hermogenes; the magician is converted and decides to burn his magic texts. • Row 11: James tells him to cast the texts into the sea; Hermogenes and Filetus plead for James' forgiveness. • Row 12: Hermogenes destroys an idol.
†Central Diamond 1: Placidas hunts a stag. • Row 1: Part of the hunt. • Row 2: Part of the hunt. • Row 3 (two circles): Sees crucifix between stag's antlers; Placidus chooses to be baptized a Christian, and receives the name Eustace. • Row 4: Drapers, as donors. • Row 5: Furriers, as donors.
† Central Diamond 2: Eustace leaves city with wife and children. • Row 6 (two circles): Negociates for passage on ship and sails to Egypt (2 panels).
† Central Diamond 3: Eustace and children driven from the boat, while boat captain retains his wife [story continues in row 9].
• Row 7: Eustace's two sons meet and recognize each other; Eustace converses with the emperor's messengers and they realize he is Placidas whom they have been sent to find [story continues row 10]. • Row 8: Emperor Trajan sends for Placidas (now Eustace); The messengers lodge with Eustace without recognizing him [story continues in row 11, right]. • Row 9 (two circles): Eustace fords a river; one child is carried off by pink lion, another attacked by wolf who is in his turn attacked by shepherds [story continues in row 8]. • Row 10: Two recruits (his sons) brought to Eustace but he does not recognize them [story continues in row 11, left]; EITHER family celebrates their reunion OR the messengers tell Eustace's friends of his exploits [story continues in Central Diamond 4].
† Central Diamond 4: Eustace, wife, and children re-united [story continues row 12, left].
• Row 11: Eustace's kidnapped wife leaves to find him [story continues in row 10, right]; Eustace's son selected for military service [story continues row 10, left]. • Row 12: Roman emperor thanks his idols for bringing victory to Eustace; Eustace will not worship the idols. • Row 13: Eustace's execution ordered (also in round panel directly above); servants carry out the emperor's execution order (see also round pan
Bottom to top, left to right (some rows have the story proceed RIGHT to left; marked '!' where this occurs:
• Row 13: Jews are angry at James' preaching; Hermogenes preaches to those who used to follow him. • Row 14: James preaches Christ's divinity while in prison. • Row 15: Josias converts and Jewish high priest orders him beaten; Josias, a scribe, leads James with a rope (!) • Row 16: Herod condemns Josias and James to death; James performs healings while he and Josias are taken away. • Row 17: James and Josias taken to be executed. • Row 18: James and Josias are beheaded. • Row 19: Christ on cloud with candelabra.
• Row 6 (two circles): Negociates for passage on ship and sails to Egypt (2 panels).
† Central Diamond 3: Eustace and children driven from the boat, while boat captain retains his wife [story continues in row 9].
• Row 7: Eustace's two sons meet and recognize each other; Eustace converses with the emperor's messengers and they realize he is Placidas whom they have been sent to find [story continues row 10]. • Row 8: Emperor Trajan sends for Placidas (now Eustace); The messengers lodge with Eustace without recognizing him [story continues in row 11, right]. • Row 9 (two circles): Eustace fords a river; one child is carried off by pink lion, another attacked by wolf who is in his turn attacked by shepherds [story continues in row 8]. • Row 10: Two recruits (his sons) brought to Eustace but he does not recognize them [story continues in row 11, left]; EITHER family celebrates their reunion OR the messengers tell Eustace's friends of his exploits [story continues in Central Diamond 4].
† Central Diamond 4: Eustace, wife, and children re-united [story continues row 12, left].
• Row 11: Eustace's kidnapped wife leaves to find him [story continues in row 10, right]; Eustace's son selected for military service [story continues row 10, left]. • Row 12: Roman emperor thanks his idols for bringing victory to Eustace; Eustace will not worship the idols. • Row 13: Eustace's execution ordered (also in round panel directly above); servants carry out the emperor's execution order (see also round panel directly above).
†Central Diamond 5: Eustace and family are martyred by being burned in a bull-shaped cauldron.
Bottom to top, left to right (some rows have the story proceed RIGHT to left; marked '!' where this occurs:
• Row 06: James sends his cloak to free Filetus from the spell; the demon thus driven out weeps as he responds to the saint's power. • Row 07: Hermogenes summons two demons to capture James • Row 08: James overpower Hermogenes' control, and commands the demons to bring Hermogenes to James (2 panels). • Row 09: Hermogenes is brought to James and Filetus. • Row 10: James teaches Hermogenes; the magician is converted and decides to burn his magic texts. • Row 11: James tells him to cast the texts into the sea; Hermogenes and Filetus plead for James' forgiveness. • Row 12: Hermogenes destroys an idol. • Row 13: Jews are angry at James' preaching; Hermogenes preaches to those who used to follow him. • Row 14: James preaches Christ's divinity while in prison. • Row 15: Josias converts and Jewish high priest orders him beaten; Josias, a scribe, leads James with a rope (!) • Row 16: Herod condemns Josias and James to death; James performs healings while he and Josias are taken away. • Row 17: James and Josias taken to be executed. • Row 18: James and Josias are beheaded. • Row 19: Christ on cloud with candelabra.
