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Adapted from Crossley, Church Monuments, p. 186 Effigy of Bishop William of Kilkenny, d 1254 Made of Purbeck Marble Screen-sized image /Large "Archive Image" |
Adapted from Crossley, Church Monuments, p. 64 Shrine Base of Saint Etheldreda, ca 1330 Screen-sized image /Large "Archive Image" |
Adapted from Crossley, Church Monuments, p. 60 Tomb of Bishop William of Louth Screen-sized image |
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Adapted from Crossley, Church Monuments, p. 14 Chantry Chapel of Bishop John Alcock ca. 1500 Screen-sized image |
Adapted from Crossley, Church Monuments, p. 44 Chantry Chapel of Bishop John Alcock ca. 1500 Screen-sized image /Large "Archive Image" |
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Choir stalls
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Misericords
65 original misericords from ca 1340 Below are a few of them |
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Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 13 North side, upper row, No. 8 Seated figure supporting the bracked with upraised arms. The figure is holding a foliated plant (a bush) between its knees Supporters are stags in foliage. Note that the right one is eating a snake. Accoring to medieval legend, a stage wiould eat dragons or serpents to replace its horns when they dropped off every year |
Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 98 North side, upper row, Number 16 Hunter falling from his horse. Note hunting horn on ground Supporters- Left- dogs chasing deer
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Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 132 North side lower row Number 5
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Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 166 South side- lower Number 2 Two seated figures- the right left one holdinmg a book, the right one with a rosary. Between them is a monsterous figure with its arms around their heads. Bond says teh subject is a man and a woman having lustful thoughts, Remnant says it is two women chattering in church Supporters- Devils with scrolls in foliage Screen sized Image |
Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 110 South side, upper row Number 2 Subject unknown Bond sees this as two posturers, entertainers who were contortionists Remnant says it is two monks seated on a bench Supporters Left- Lion's face in foliage
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Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 177 South side lower row Number 16 Subject unknown A man and a woman fighting Supporters Lions
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