The Lady Chapel in Winchester Cathedral has some wonderful wall paintings, which represent miracles attributed to the Virgin Mary. I believe that most of them are drawn from the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso the Wise. Cantiga 265 is illustrated by a frame on the left of the upper section of the North Wall.
Cantiga 265
Sempr' a Virgen
Always the Holy Virgin
Como Santa Maria guareceu a Johan Damaco da mão que avia corta.
How the Saint Mary healed the hand of John of Damascus, which had been cut off.
Sempr' a Virgen santa dá bon gualardon |
The Holy Virgin always rewards well |
Previously in Cantiga 265: John of Damascus was of noble lineage.
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