Corpus of the misericords at Exeter Cathedral
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S01 |
Lion and dragon fighting. 1250-60 Supporters - No supporters. Formerly mask supporters. |
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S02 |
Three sturdy tendrils of stiff-leaf decoration. Supporters - Dragon. 1220-30. |
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S03 |
Oak-leaves and acorns from which spring a satyr’s mask. Supporters - Beetle curled up amongst leaves. 1260-70 |
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S04 |
Bird sirens, classical in style, with fleur de lis between them. 1250-60 Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S05 |
Maple-leaves. 1260-70 Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S06 |
Bird-sirens. 1240-50 |
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S07 |
Bird with human head and trefoil tail, perched on a branch of trefoil leaves. |
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S08 |
Early English trefoil foliage. 1220-30 Left Supporter - Man. Right Supporter - Woman. |
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S09 |
Female centaur. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S10 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Portrait head. |
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S11 |
Crowned night fighting a leopard. Left Supporter - Head of a man wearing a hood. Right Supporter - Head of a woman in head-dress and gorget. 1230-40 |
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S12 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S13 |
Knight stabbing a dragon, whose head he forces backwards. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S14 |
Branch springing from dragon’s mouth. Supporters - Trefoil foliage.1240-50 |
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S15 |
Kneeling man with pipe and tabor. Supporters - Dragon. |
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S16 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S17 |
Male centaur transfixes with an arrow a dragon forming a supporter. 1250-60 |
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S18 |
Chevalier au cygne. The twelfth-century romance of the knight and the swan. |
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S19 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S20 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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S21 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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N22 |
Early English trefoil foliage. With animal head in centre. 1250-60 Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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N23 |
Basilisk and asp. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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N24 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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N25 |
Mermaid with fish in each hand [one broken] The fish in the hand of the mermaid signifies the soul in the grip of earthly passion 1250-60 Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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N26 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage. |
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N27a |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Bird. |
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SAb-27 |
The Elephant. Left Supporter - Head of a man Right Supporter - Head of a woman. |
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N28 |
Man putting a weight. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N29 |
Fleur de lis Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N30 |
Man on all fours, crowned, with hoofs instead of feet, a saddle-cloth on his back on which is a saddle with stirrups. He has a tail, which is held erect and is a snake. This fits the description of the Locust of the Apocalypse. |
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N31 |
Animal mask with foliage issuing from mouth. Supporters - Masks with foliage issuing. |
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N32 |
Siren with two bodies. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N33 |
The wicked soul cast into hell. [a head surrounded by flames]} Two bodies spring from a grotesque head mask. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N34 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N35 |
Lion Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N36 |
Two fish. Left Supporter - A man who wears the hood of a citizen. Right Supporter - Head of a woman who wears a hood and wimple. |
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N37 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N38 |
Merman and Mermaid lifting a tabor under which is a mask. Supporters - Maple-leaf> 1260-70 |
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N39 |
A strong man or weight-lifter in loin cloth supports the bracket with his head and raised arms. His right leg is broken off at the knee. |
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N40 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N41 |
Two doves facing each other, in foliage. Supporters - Leaf. |
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N42 |
Hands and arms in gloves, holding a trefoil leaf beneath the shelf. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N43 |
Man seated wearing a jerkin and square buttons, a dagger in his belt. His right hand supports the shelf, his left hand supports his head/ a defecator. Supporters - Stiff-leaf. 15th Century. |
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N44 |
Two crossbills facing each other with a leaf between them. Supporters - Maple-leaf with a strawberry leaf as a central ornament. C.1270 |
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N45 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N46 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N47 |
Bearded portrait head in Early English foliage. Supporters - Similar head in foliage. |
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N48 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
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N49 |
Early English trefoil foliage. Supporters - Trefoil foliage |
