The right lancet depicts St Stephen as a tonsured deacon dressed in a blue dalmatic with gold edging. He presents a model of a church held before him in his right hand, an emblem of his patronage and of the heavenly Jerusalem.

Contrary to later medieval convention, he carries no stones, either in hand or on his body, indicating a relatively early stage in the stabilisation of Stephen’s iconographic attributes in French glass.

Iconographic notes
The church model is a notable early French example of this attribute and strongly links the saint to the cathedral’s dedication. Stephen’s calm, frontal stance reflects the dignified, architectural style of the Bourges glazing programme around 1200–1225.