Corpus of the misericords at New College, Oxford
NR01 |
Bi-corporate lion, tongue out, crowned with jewelled coronet of fleurs-de lys, Tails upright join the bracket moulding. |
NR02 |
Three men standing close to each other in a triangle; the two at the side defending themselves with daggers against men with daggers, who form the supporters. Supporters - Man with dagger. |
NR03 |
Woman with distaff, with a large cat looking over her shoulder. Supporters - Monster. |
NR04 |
Fiend seizing man by the skirt of his tunic. Supporters - Square foliated ornament |
N05 |
Triple-faced man. Supporters - Grotesque monsters |
N06 |
Foliate mask. Supporters - Foliage |
N07 |
Bearded mask. Supporters - Foliage |
N08 |
Two parrots facing each other. Supporters - Oak-leaf |
N09 |
Foliage. Supporters - Leaf |
N10 |
Seated man in hood. Supporters - Oak-leaf |
N11 |
Male mask with wings. Supporters - Foliate mask |
N12 |
Stag-hunt. Supporters - Lion-mask in foliate square |
N13 |
Winged beast. Supporters - Foliate mask. |
N14 |
Rose-tree. Supporters - Garland of roses |
N15 |
Winged monsters. Supporters - Crowned head |
N16 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage |
N17 |
Jack and the Beanstalk the giant grasping animals and a bird. Left Supporter - Jack’s mother. Right Supporter - Jack in foliage |
N18 |
Foliage. Supporters - Leaf |
N19 |
Mask and foliage. Supporters - Leaf |
N20 |
Monster in foliage. Supporters - Foliate square with face |
N21 |
Castle gate with a portcullis. Left Supporter - Man’s head in peaked helmet to which a camail is riveted. Left Supporter - Man’s head in helmet, but the camail is laced. |
N22 |
Corbel with double rose. Supporters - Rose. |
N23 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage |
N24 |
Hydra representing the Seven Deadly Sins. Left Supporter - An exorcism. Right Supporter - A bearded man, nude except for drawers, scourging himself |
N25 |
Shield of Beauchamp of Warwick, a fess between six cross crosslets. Left Supporter - Shield of Calveley, a fess between three calves, two and one, Right Supporter - Shield of Curzon, diapered, on a bend three popinjays |
N26 |
Man’s head with foliage. Supporters - Foliate square |
N27 |
Ram’s head. Supporters - Foliate square |
N28 |
Crowned male head. Supporters - Harp |
N29 |
Bearded man’s head with vine-leaves. Supporters - Vine-leaf |
N30 |
Lion’s mask. Supporters - Scallop-shell |
N31 |
Eagle with scroll. Left Supporter - Eagle seizing a hare by the ears. Right Supporter - Eagle with scroll |
SR01 |
Walled city [?Oxford] with church. Left Supporter - Bishop, seated on the bridge, exhorting five priests. Right Supporter - The heads of five clerics in foliage; one wears a cardinal’s hat, and another has a crosier. |
SR02 |
Winged monster. Supporters - Leaf. |
SR03 |
Holly branches. Supporters - Fleur de lis. |
SR04 |
Woman’s head with large, quilted hat. Supporters - Leaf. |
S05 |
Tutivillus Two women seated in a pew; standing behind them is a demon with bat’s wings eavesdropping. Left Supporter - Woman kneeling, a pair of crutches under her arms, telling her beads. Right Supporter - Tonsured monk bending forward asleep |
S06 |
Foliage. Supporters - Monster |
S07 |
Foliage. Supporters - Lion-mask |
S08 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage |
S09 |
Rose bush. Supporters - Rose |
S10 |
Pair of tumblers with a head beneath. Supporters - Flower |
S11 |
Imp holding money-bags. Supporters - Foliage |
S12 |
Oriel window. Supporters - Latticed window |
S13 |
Large bearded head. Supporters - Foliage |
S14 |
Dragon. Supporters - Flower |
S15 |
Swan with partially extended wings. Supporters - Grotesque bird |
S16 |
Bearded man in a cloak. Supporters - Oak-leaf |
S17 |
Ape in a cowl issuing from a whelk-shell surrounded by foliage. Left Supporter - Ape seated on a lily. Right Supporter - Ape in a hooded cape |
S18 |
Gateway with portcullis trapping Sir Yvain’s horse. Supporters - Castle gateway, watchman’s head just visible, flag-post with flag blazoned. |
S19 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage |
S20 |
Bearded head. Supporters - Foliage |
S21 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage |
S22 |
Head corbel. Supporters - Leaves and mask |
S23 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage |
S24 |
Man at desk lecturing; two small figures behind him hold staves; a small figure below him holds a book [penitent confessing]; two other figures in background. Left Supporter - Man carrying books. Right Supporter - Man wearing liripipe hood, reading |
S25 |
Female centaur holding an axe. Supporters - Hedgehog |
S26 |
Bearded mask. Supporters - Griffin |
S27 |
Harpy with raised wings forming a collar. Supporters - Rose |
S28 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage |
S29 |
Foliate mask. Supporters - Double roses [modern] |
S30 |
Centaur in hood playing a pipe and beating a tabor. Left Supporter - Centaur blowing a horn. Right Supporter - Centaur playing a pipe |
S31 |
Peacock in his pride. Supporters - Peacock |