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The Lady Chapel in Winchester Cathedral features some wonderful wall paintings. These are the paintings from the bottom row of the north wall, on the left side of altar, with some links to more detail of the stories from the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
North Wall (Left side of altar) Bottom Row L-R
7. A thief called Ebbo is caught and hanged but saved by the Virgin Mary because he had always said his prayers to her.
This is Cantiga XIII of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alphonso the Wise
8. A pious artist was painting the Devil with an ugly face. The Devil, out of spite, knocked down his scaffolding but the Virgin Mary saved the artist.
This is Cantiga LXXIV of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alphonso the Wise
9.St Basil pleads with the Roman Emperor Julian to spare the city of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
10. Julian refuses so the Virgin Mary raises to life a knight called Mercury and arms him for battle.
11. Mercury searches for Julian and kills him.
These three images clearly illustrate Cantiga XV of the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" of Alfonso the Wise.