Hidden behind the organ this fresco painting, at Ashby St Ledger, of the Flagellation of St Margaret is from the first part of the 14th century. The torturer stands before the tied saint with a three stranded whip.
Saint-Margaret-of-Antioch Theme Pages
A legendary 4th century figure, who refused marriage and was subsequently tortured, including being swallowed by a dragon, whipped, and finally killed.
See "The Golden Legend" for the medieval story of Margaret of Antioch.
Dated to between 1312-1327 this image of St Margaret of Antioch is in the north aisle of St Nicholas church, Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.
This tall, single-figure panel from the east window of Gloucester Cathedral depicts St Margaret of Antioch, rendered in the elegant linear Gothic style characteristic of mid-14th-century English glazing. She stands beneath a simple architectural canopy, set against a rich ruby-red ground that accentuates the pale modelling of her robes.
Now located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, this alabaster sculpture of the St Margaret of Antioch originates from Nottingham England.
This stained glass is mostly dated to 1851 with some fragments of glass from c1548. The window displays an episode from the lives of three saints from left to right "Flagellation of St. Barbara", "Margaret of Antioch Emerging from the Mouth of a Dragon", and "Mary Magdalen Foretelling the Ascension".
This stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe, at St Peter's Market Bosworth Leicestershire, is an example of late Victorian Gothic Revival art, depicting Saints George, Peter, and Margaret in three tall, richly colored panels. Each saint stands beneath an elaborate architectural canopy, rendered in delicate tracery and glowing jewel tones that catch and filter the light with remarkable depth.
This stained glass window from the early 20th century is a WWI memorial. The figures depicted are St Michael, St Margaret, and St George, each with the dragons that they are reputed to have defeated.