Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, ca. 1180, Made in Canterbury, Kent, British, Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, Overall: 25 9/16 x 12 5/8in. (65 x 32cm), Glass-Stained, Contrary to iconographic convention, Saint Lawrence here appears in supplication, amid bands of fire, rather than stretched out on the grill. This representation reflects the writings of both saints Augustine and Ambrose, which relate that Lawrence conquered the fire without—shown here licking at his feet—with the three fires within: those inflamed by the ardor of faith, the love of Christ, and the true knowledge of God, which are represented here by the bands of fire at waist and shoulder level and by the column of fire above his head
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Martyrdom, Saint Lawrence, ca, 1180, Canterbury, Kent, British, Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, Overall, 25 9/16 x 12 5/8in, 65 32cm, Glass-Stained, Contrary, iconographic convention, supplication, bands, fire, stretched out, grill, representation reflects, writings, saints Augustine, Ambrose, relate, Lawrence conquered, fire —shown, licking, feet—, three fires within, inflamed, ardor, faith, love, Christ, true knowledge, God, represented, waist, shoulder level, column, head
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