Corpus of the misericords at Barcelona Cathedral
NWH-01 |
Marital Combat. Left Supporter - man watches. Right Supporter - woman watches. |
NWH-02 |
Horse leaves stable/ Left Supporter - Groom in belted tunic stands with lance. Right Supporter - Nobleman holds cup and stein. |
NWH-03 |
Pelican and young. Left Supporter - Animal lies with head facing away from scene. Right Supporter - Animal [head missing] lies with head facing away from scene. |
NWH-04 |
Couple talk. Supporters - A prophet stands and gestures. |
NWH-05 |
Hermit and dog. Supporters - Seated prophet reads Bible. |
NH-06 |
Woman tying the devil to a cushion. Left Supporter - Robed man stands holding chalice. Right Supporter - Robed man stands holding knife. |
NH-07 |
Bicorporal Monster. Left Supporter - Devil [head restored] with second head in its belly pulls end of chain through devil’s mouth. Right Supporter - Devil, with second head in its belly pulls end of chain through devil’s mouth. |
NH-08 |
Women dancing. Left Supporter - Woman [head reconstructed] holds up her skirt and kicks. Right Supporter - Man in fancy tunic sits and holds one leg horizontal with both hands, possibly kicking or donning stockings. |
NH-09 |
Tied monsters. Supporters - women with trailing gowns hold ends of chain attached to ring. |
NH-10 |
Stylized leaves and man battling snail. Left Supporter - snail with shell on its back. Right Supporter - Nude man with shield and spear emerges from shell. |
NH-11 |
Lion mask. Supporters - Dog holds axe in both paws and looks back towards the lion. |
NH-12 |
Foliage and two snails. Supporters - eagles with prey in talons look threateningly at each other. |
NH-13 |
Spools of thread rest behind a basket with foliage at sides. Left Supporter - Squirrel holds spool of wool. Right Supporter - Ape cards wool. |
NH-14 |
Shepherd holds a stick and sits between two trees. Left Supporter - large curly wooly ram [head restored]. Right Supporter - large curly wooly ram. |
NH-15 |
Daniel in the den of lions. Left Supporter - Lion holds bone between his paws. Right Supporter - Lioness eats a bone. |
NH-16 |
Crowned animals. Supporters - cock fight. |
NH-17 |
Hermit with lions. Seated old man reads book. Two lions are visible behind him. Left Supporter - Old nude man stands with walking stick, pouch slung over his shoulder. Right Supporter - Old man walks with stick. |
NH-18 |
Animals confronting each other in a forest. Supporters - seated griffins, wings up, head turned, tail raised. |
NH-19 |
Two mice grasp object [possibly cheese] between them. Supporters - large cats, heads down, sniff towards mice who are unaware of their presence. |
NH-20 |
Cranes. Two birds, wings taut and extended stand wing to wing. Supporters - parrots stand on rock, backs to centre. |
NH-21 |
Hybrids dancing or playing. Left Supporter - hairy male hybrid plays a curved horn, a tromp. Right Supporter - smooth female hybrid, upper torso clothed, hands on belt, possibly dancing. |
NH-22 |
Portraits of two women with long curly hair. Left Supporter - woman extends arm to dog, perhaps training it. Right Supporter - man in elegant tunic with sword at belt [head restored] extends stick to dog’s head. |
NH-23 |
Ape warriors. Left Supporter - Ape [head restored] cuddles swaddled young. Right Supporter - Ape cuddles swaddled young. |
NH-24 |
Men fishing. Left Supporter - woman with dog on her lap. Right Supporter - Man[ head restored] sits in relaxed position. |
NH-25 |
Labours of Hercules. Hercules stands behind a tree and holds branches with both hands. Left Supporter - Nude sits on stag of Kerunia and holds its horns. Right Supporter - Nude sits on lion of Nemea, and places one arm around lion’s head. |
NH-26 |
Eagles stand wing to wing. Supporters - eagles whose tails touch stand on twigs and look back at each other. |
NH-27 |
Animal mask. Left Supporter - hybrid, with bearded human face under a cap, tail twined under the mask. Right Supporter - hybrid, hairy monster with open mouth, twines its tail with hybrid at left. |
NH-28 |
Two hybrid musicians play lute and fiddle. Left Supporter - Woman harpy holds mirror [restored] Right Supporter - Woman hybrid holds a mirror. |
NH-29 |
Ass-eared bearded head with moustache has turban tied like ears. Left Supporter - nude woman in profile pulls at man’s moustache. Right Supporter - ¾ view of seated woman pulls at man’s moustache. |
NH-30 |
Feeding acorns to pigs- November. Left Supporter - man, kneeling on one knee, head restored looks up at a tree as he aims a long stick to shake down acorns. Right Supporter - Pig, larger than the tree, snout towards it, awaits his acorns. |
NH-31 |
Five Apes dancing. Left Supporter - Seated ape wears fools cape and tasselled cap while he plays a shawm. Right Supporter - Seated nude ape, tail between legs, plays bagpipes. |
SWH-01 |
Two Prophets, back to back extend scrolls across their bodies. Left Supporter - woman [head restored] as symbol of “church” holds open book in one hand and points to it with the other. Right Supporter - Woman as symbol of synagogue, wears a belted garment, possibly with a Jewish roundel, and holds tablets of the Law She points to the tablets with her other hand Her head with blindfold is totally restored. |
SWH-02 |
Shepherd drinking from a small cask. Left Supporter - two goats. Right Supporter - fox. |
SWH-03 |
Lion breathes life into two cubs. Left Supporter - monster with two taloned paws and human head, crowned, snake body with hair in front. Right Supporter - monster with two taloned paws and human head, winged creature wears a cap. |
SWH-04 |
Man in tower. A chain around his neck is attached to one of the five animals in the tower. Left Supporter - Prophet holds basket in right hand and point to his chest with left hand. Right Supporter - Angel points to centre scene. |
SWH-05 |
Two animals [possibly dogs]. One scratches its chin with its foot. Between and above is a monster mask grinning like a Cheshire cat. Supporters - Monsters. |
SH-06 |
Dog nursing two pups. Left Supporter - Harvester waving flail rides an animal probably to represent August or September. Right Supporter - Mounted on a horse, a harvester waves a rake. |
SH07 |
Two monks clutch each other by the wrists. Two men reclining at their sides try to pull them apart by their hoods. Left Supporter - Man [head restored] holds sword between his legs. Right Supporter - man with curly hair has one hand at his waist. |
SH-08 |
Couple pulling mask. Left Supporter - Woman leans back and supports herself with one arm on the ground. A mask covers the lower part of her face. Right Supporter - A man pulls his side of the mask’s mouth. His other hand holds a knife. |
SH-09 |
Two nudes fight with clubs in flowers. Left Supporter - large figure plays a portable organ, while a figure peeks out under its skirt and hits a ball with a club. Right Supporter - hybrid holds one hand out and one up while it stands on a second set of hands. |
SH-10 |
Killing the pig. Two men hold implements for slaughtering the pigs; an axe to kill and a pan to collect the blood. Left Supporter - Man, with one leg over the pig’s back and one hand on its mouth, slits the pig’s throat. Right Supporter - Man catches the pig by its rear feet, facing the central figure with an axe. This is typical of the Labours of the month for December. |
SH-11 |
Burning a Martyr Crowned woman holding an arrow in each hand is engulfed by flames. Left Supporter - Well-dressed man fans the flames with bellows. Right Supporter - Woman[head restored] fans the flames with bellows. |
SH-12 |
Two nudes fight in a flower. One puts a finger in the other’s eye. Second puts his hand on the opponents elbow. Left Supporter - Nude sits on flower. Right Supporter - Nude is partly inside the flower. |
SH-13 |
Two apes hold each other by the shoulder, their faces turned to their young Each young holds onto its mothers’ shoulder with one hand and to a chain around her waist with the other. Supporters - large seated nude putto at each side holds the end of a rope tied to a belt around each mother ape, ready to strike with a whip. |
SH-14 |
Wildmen with clubs face away from the central scene. Their clubs are raised poised to strike the figures at the sides. Left Supporter - large wildman with face on his shield, and raised club walks towards the centre. Right Supporter - large wildman with face on his shield, and raised club walks towards the centre. This figure is totally restored except for one shoe and a few outlines. |
SH-15 |
Two women warriors. One holds an object {candle} the other, [arm missing] possibly also held a candle. Left Supporter - large seated woman, axe at her side and helmet on her lap. Right Supporter - Large woman half-sits and holds a large banner at her side and an oversized spade on her knee. |
SH-16 |
Two monks hear Confession. Supporters - monk hears Confession from figure who kneels before them. |
SH-17 |
Two tonsured monks kneel back to back, incline heads and pray. Supporters - rear view of kneeling tonsured monks with cowl draped down their backs. |
SH-18 |
Two small swans in woven basket. Supporters - large swans swim away from the basket. |
SH-19 |
Leaves grow from tiny demon head. Left Supporter - Front view of female musician playing a psaltery. Right Supporter - rear view of seated person [head restored] |
SH-20 |
Two women fight hybrid supporters. Left Supporter - Hybrid with rooster hindquarters holds a round shield and brandishes a scimitar. Right Supporter - Hybrid with quadruped rump and tail and bird feet wears a helmet and holds a stick. |
SH-21 |
Woman in crown. Left Supporter - woman holding stick in one hand and lion’s paw in the other, trains or subdues a seated lion. Right Supporter - Woman holding a wand over a lion trains or subdues the reclining lion. |
SH-22 |
Two men in the woods play shawms. Left Supporter - musician plays kettledrums. Right Supporter - musician plays shawm. |
SH-23 |
Eagle with wings spread stands on a rope. Left Supporter - nude holds the rope and looks up. Right Supporter - nude holds the rope and falls down. |
SH-24 |
Two gamblers are playing a game, and appear to be arguing. Left Supporter - figure lying with head down hold a knife. Right Supporter - figure pushes a pallet. |
SH-25 |
Porters . two men have loaded baskets strapped to their backs. Left Supporter - man balances a chest on his back or head. Right Supporter - man carries a large bundle on his back. |
SH-26 |
Two cardinals hold a hat between them. Left Supporter - a hat on the ground next to a kneeling cardinal. Right Supporter - hat up on wall behind a tonsured cardinal. |
SH-27 |
Hockey players. Supporters - men with golf-sticks play a game like croquet. |
SH-28 |
Hybrid musicians. Left Supporter - Hybrid musician with fiddle and bow. Right Supporter - Hybrid musician with a lute. |
SH-29 |
Lapidation of three women. Left Supporter - old bearded man is ready to cast a stone. Right Supporter - Old man [arm restored] looks up. He may have thrown a stone. |
SH-30 |
Mother and child. Supporters - head in foliage. |
SH-31 |
Foliage. Supporters - nude musicians sit on cushions. The man holds a lute, the woman holds a mirror? |