Abstract
On the predella of a fourteenth-century Sienese panel painting, the Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the unusual scene of St. Margaret of Antioch striking the demon Beelzebub with a hammer, derived from the Byzantine visual tradition, is paired with Michael the Archangel slaying the dragon. In the center, two knights exchange the kiss of peace, a gesture which is analogous to the contemporary custom of achieving private peace settlements known as lovedays. In this predella, St. Margaret as woman warrior joins the Archangel Michael in defeating the forces of discord and chaos in the world in order to bring about the reconciliation--the loveday--celebrated in the central scene.
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