The first panel of Goditha’s story is in excellent condition, containing very few modern replacements. Goditha wears a loose white kerchief around her head, a type of headgear the glaziers gave to ill women. Goditha’s midriff is pictured by the graziers as hugely swollen, which is to show she has dropsy. We now think of swelling due to water retention as a symptom of a disease. In medieval medicine, such swelling was thought to be a disease in itself and termed “dropsy.”

She grips the top of a long crutch as she shuffles forward, her servant (wearing less decorative clothing and no cloak) helping to guide and support her from behind. The women are heading for a city gate.