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Exeter Cathedral photo page

Corpus of the misericords at Exeter Cathedral

S01

Lion and dragon fighting. 1250-60

Supporters - No supporters. Formerly mask supporters.

S02

Three sturdy tendrils of stiff-leaf decoration.

Supporters - Dragon. 1220-30.

S03

Oak-leaves and acorns from which spring a satyr’s mask.

Supporters - Beetle curled up amongst leaves. 1260-70

S04

Bird sirens, classical in style, with fleur de lis between them. 1250-60

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S05

Maple-leaves. 1260-70

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S06

Bird-sirens. 1240-50

S07

Bird with human head and trefoil tail, perched on a branch of trefoil leaves.

S08

Early English trefoil foliage. 1220-30

Left Supporter - Man.

Right Supporter - Woman.

S09

Female centaur.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S10

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Portrait head.

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

S12

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S13

Knight stabbing a dragon, whose head he forces backwards.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S14

Branch springing from dragon’s mouth.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.1240-50

S15

Kneeling man with pipe and tabor.

Supporters - Dragon.

S16

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S17

Male centaur transfixes with an arrow a dragon forming a supporter. 1250-60

S18

Chevalier au cygne. The twelfth-century romance of the knight and the swan.

S19

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S20

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

S21

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

N22

Early English trefoil foliage. With animal head in centre. 1250-60

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

N23

Basilisk and asp.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

N24

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

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.

N26

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage.

N27a

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Bird.

SAb-27

The Elephant.

Left Supporter - Head of a man

Right Supporter - Head of a woman.

N28

Man putting a weight.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N29

Fleur de lis

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

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.

N31

Animal mask with foliage issuing from mouth.

Supporters - Masks with foliage issuing.

N32

Siren with two bodies.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N33

The wicked soul cast into hell. [a head surrounded by flames]}

Two bodies spring from a grotesque head mask.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N34

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N35

Lion

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

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.

N37

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N38

Merman and Mermaid lifting a tabor under which is a mask.

Supporters - Maple-leaf> 1260-70

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.

N40

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N41

Two doves facing each other, in foliage.

Supporters - Leaf.

N42

Hands and arms in gloves, holding a trefoil leaf beneath the shelf.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

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.

N44

Two crossbills facing each other with a leaf between them.

Supporters - Maple-leaf with a strawberry leaf as a central ornament. C.1270

N45

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N46

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N47

Bearded portrait head  in Early English foliage.

Supporters - Similar head in foliage.

N48

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

N49

Early English trefoil foliage.

Supporters - Trefoil foliage

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