Sisters of Boxley, panel 2
Window: nIII (Miracle Window: Pilgrimage and Healing)
Panel: 28
Meanwhile, on the right of the second panel, the younger sister, still supported by her crutches, bends in a deep bow over Becket’s tomb.
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- InscriptionDe sana[ta] gav[is]e, [sed] soror anxia [d]e se
- TranslationThe women rejoice for the one who was healed, but the sister is worried about herself
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- CVMA identificationnIII.28
Source text
Benedict of Peterborough, Miracles of St Thomas Becket
book III, chapter 77
When she woke, the sinews of her knee had wonderfully straightened out and there was great rejoicing among the clerics and the people. As the bells of the church were rung as a sign, she was brought into the church. When the younger one saw this, she yielded to a flood of tears, for she was saddened by her misery to the same degree that the older sister had been made joyful by her success.
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