The Legend of St. Ursula and the 11,000 virgins

Reliquary of St Ursula. Hans Memling Museum, Bruges



Panel 3: Arrival at Rome. Ursula and Etherius (who in this version has joined her at this point) are blessed by the Pope Cyriacus. Inside the church, Etherius confesses his sins, Ursula takes communion, and the so-far unbaptised are dealt with en masse. 

Panel 4: Back at Basel. Looking closely, we see there are three scenes here: in the middle ground the Pope and retinue are crossing over a boat; in the foreground we see them again, ready to set off down river to Cologne. In the background the party is well on its way. 

Panels 5 and 6


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