Corpus of the misericords at Beverley Minster
SH01 |
Pelican in her Piety; there are six young in the nest. Left Supporter - Pelican standing with outstretched wings. Right Supporter - Pelican tuned to the left pecking at its claw. |
SH02 |
Ape on horseback, face to tail, holding mane with the left hand. Behind man raises a club. Left Supporter - Ape riding a cat which he combs with a large comb. Right Supporter - Boy riding a pig and holding its tail. |
SH03 |
Winged demi-angel in alb bearing in front the Sacred heart. Supporters - Fruit and foliage. |
SH04 |
Shield charged a fess between three weights two and one. Scroll inscribed William Wight Tempore Cancellarius Hujus Ecclecie. Left Supporter - Man with weight in each hand. Right Supporter - A man holding scales and raising his foot from the ground. |
SH05 |
Lion and dragon fighting. Left Supporter - Seated ape holding baby. Right Supporter - Seated ape holding urine flask. |
SH06 |
Pedlar asleep while eight apes ransack his pack; one is looking at a mirror, another is passing articles to the others. Left Supporter - Ape seated on a leaf holding out his hand for his share. Right Supporter - Cat in a tree, ape below with a stick. |
SH07 |
Shield charged a fess between three weights two and one. Left Supporter - Man in hood and liripipe, lifting two weights. Right Supporter - Man walking carrying two weights. |
SH08 |
Conventional foliage. Supporters - Leaf. |
SH09 |
Woman standing [upper part broken off]; on her right a man kneeling and blowing fire with bellows; on her left man chopping wood with axe. Supporters - Fruit and foliage. |
SH10 |
Two men dragging a wicker cage in which lies a bear. In the centre, man standing, holding staff with both hands. Left Supporter - Man muzzling crouching bear. Right Supporter - Man muzzling bear standing on hind legs. |
SH11 |
Seated man in cap holding sheep; another man astride a ram that he is shearing. Left Supporter - Shepherd with crook stroking dog. Right Supporter - Two rams butting. |
SH12 |
Shield charged quarterly 1st and 4th , three billets below three besants; 2nd and 3rd, chevron between three mullets two and one; supported by griffins. Left Supporter - Pelican in her piety below scroll with arma magistri Thome. Right Supporter - Doe gorged and chained, lying on a tun, behind scroll with donyngto ‘[n]p’ [re] centoris huis ecclie. |
SH13 |
Two men pulling a rope attached to a muzzled bear; from left another wheels a barrow to receive bear. Left Supporter - Man holding dog’s muzzle to prevent barking. Right Supporter - Muzzled bear. |
SH14 |
Dead stag being cut up by two men. Left Supporter - Man with hound on leash. Right Supporter - Man with five hounds blowing horn. |
SH15 |
Huntsman with dogs attacking bear; two men running, one with staff, the other blowing horn. Left Supporter - Man with whip over cowering ape. Right Supporter - Bear dancing to bagpipes played by seated ape. |
SH16 |
Ape on horse leading three muzzled bears, preceded by dog. Left Supporter - Muzzled bear. Right Supporter - Ape holding dog/ fox as if to play it like bagpipes. |
SH17 |
Man between two dragons whose tails surround him. Left Supporter - Hooded man spearing snail. Right Supporter - Man entering a sack. |
SH18 |
Sow on hind legs playing bagpipes, trough in front, four piglets dancing. Left Supporter - Saddled pig. Right Supporter - Sow playing harp. |
SH19 |
Three hounds running in front of man with bow and arrow [broken]; a fox puts his head out of the earth. Left Supporter - Monkey riding a fox. Right Supporter - Ape nursing or shriving a fox in bed. |
SH20 |
Fox running away with goose, chased by women; to left, farmhouse with child standing in doorway; behind fox and four geese. Left Supporter - Two seated foxes facing each other. Right Supporter - Fox looking over his shoulder, a goose under his paws. |
SH21 |
Grapes and foliage. Supporters - Bunch of grapes and vine leaves. |
SB01 |
Demon running after woman [damaged]. Left Supporter - Hooded man seated before money chest counting his money; head of demon peeps over his shoulder. Right Supporter - Demon encouraging glutton. |
SB02 |
Fruit and foliage. Supporters - Flower and leaves. |
SB03 |
Owl holding mouse. Supporters - Leaf. |
SB04 |
Two cranes eating from sack. Supporters - Crane. |
SB05 |
Cat seizing mouse. Left Supporter - Cat playing viol to four dancing kittens. Right Supporter - Cat tossing mouse. |
SB06 |
SB-06 Hare riding fox. Left Supporter - Man drawing bow. Right Supporter - Rabbits. |
SB07 |
Lion and deer. Left Supporter - Lion crowned couchant. Right Supporter - Unicorn scratching its head with hind foot. |
SB08 |
Two demi-figures of carvers wearing tight jerkins, quarrelling; one raises a mallet, the other holds a chisel. Left Supporter - Man wearing cap puts his left hand derisively to his nose. Right Supporter - Man in flat cap raises his hands. |
SB09 |
Mermaid or dolphin [damaged] Left Supporter - Large fish seizing smaller. Right Supporter - Three fishes interlaced in triangle. |
SB10 |
Foliage. Supporters - Foliage. |
SB11 |
Joshua and Caleb carrying a large bunch of grapes on a branch. Left Supporter - Vine-leaf and tendril. Right Supporter - Leaf and grapes. |
SB12 |
Two lions couchant. Left Supporter - Square foliated ornament. |
SB13 |
Elephant with large castle on his back, his ears webbed like a bat’s, being driven by ape with staff; porcupine leads the way. Left Supporter - Camel couchant. Right Supporter - Lion. |
NH01 |
Stag seized by hounds with spiked collars, and being pierced with a spear by man in tight jerkin. Left Supporter - Man riding caparisoned horse and winding a horn. Right Supporter - Doe scratching her head with her left foot. |
NH02 |
Man piercing lion with spear. Left Supporter - Lion. Right Supporter - Lion with protruding tongue. |
NH03 |
Unicorn Supporters - Foliage |
NH04 |
Fox in hood in a pulpit preaching to seven geese; behind him is an ape as a clerk, with a goose slung on a pole. Left Supporter - Owl. Right Supporter - Man shoeing a goose. |
NH05 |
Man in short tunic, gypciere hanging from his belt, holding a hawk on his wrist; another holds two hounds in leash. Left Supporter - Dog with bone, below a scroll inscribed Johannes Sperke Right Supporter - Cock, below a scroll inscribed clericus fabrici |
NH06 |
Deer browsing. Left Supporter - Hart leaping. Right Supporter - Doe and fawn. |
NH07 |
Fox hanged by six geese holding the rope in their beaks. Left Supporter - Fox and two sleeping geese. Right Supporter - Ape takes the rope from the dead fox. |
NH08 |
Foliate mask with tongue protruding. Left Supporter - Man chopping branch from tree. Right Supporter - Conventional foliage. |
NH09 |
Two monsters, one human-headed. Left Supporter - Dog grasping a pole. Right Supporter- Dog-headed ape. |
NH10 |
Man in belted tunic warming hands at fire; woman [broken] chases dog which has stolen meat from the pot. Left Supporter - Man with apron over short tunic, kneeling before a pot washing platters Right Supporter - Man pulling up his hose; shoes on ground, wallet hung on wall. |
NH11 |
Man on horse, before him a harvest cart [damaged] {The cart before the horse} Left Supporter- Cow lying down. Right Supporter - Girl milking with pail. |
NH12 |
Shield charged, fes between three birds, two and one; supported by hawk and hound. Left Supporter - Dove, above a scroll inscribed arma wilhelmi tait doctoris. Right Supporter - Hawk, above a scroll inscribed thesaurari huis ecclie 1520. |
NH13 |
Man wearing cot-hardi and round cap, spearing boar, his hound seizes another boar by the ear. Supporters - Conventional roses. |
NH14 |
Wodehouse with long hair fighting dragon. Supporters - Fruit. |
NH15 |
Bust of man with tight-fitting cap with brim turned up at sides, with his fingers stretching the corners of his mouth. Supporters - Lion’s mask with protruding tongue. |
NH16 |
Cock crowing {emblem of St. Peter} Left Supporter - Cock pluming himself. Right Supporter - Two cocks fighting perched on a barrel. |
NH17 |
Man wheeling virago in a barrow; she wears a kerchief on her head and full-necked dress, and is holding on to the man’s hair {damaged}. Left Supporter - Man lifting beam. Right Supporter - Woman holding dog by its neck. |
NH18 |
Woman standing and seizing man by his hair, dog helping himself from pot. Left Supporter - Woman grinding hand-mill. Right Supporter - Man chopping. |
NH19 |
Dragon-headed bird with a human face carved on its breast. Supporters - Small dragon. |
NH20 |
Demi-angel in alb. Left Supporter - Grapes and vine-leaves. Right Supporter - Rose and leaves. |
NH21 |
Three jesters, hand-in-hand, dancing, wearing hoods with long ears and scalloped tunics. Left Supporter - Jester kneeling and holding staff and bladder. Right Supporter - Jester playing fife and tabor. |
NB01 |
Two lions seated, one crowned. Left Supporter - Boar. Right Supporter - Hawk. |
NB02 |
Two men fighting; the right hand one has a shield, sword and scabbard: the other is nude and holds a dagger. Jael smites a tent-nail into Sisera’s head{?} Supporters - Leaf. |
NB03 |
Hawk. Left Supporter - Man seated, feeding hawk on wrist. Right Supporter - Hawk seizing pigeon. |
NB04 |
Rose-tree with four roses. Supporters - Rose. |
NB05 |
Hawk flying after bat. Supporters - Bird scratching head. |
NB06 |
Lion with paw on prostrate man. Left Supporter - Wyvern. Right Supporter - Griffin. |
NB07 |
Two birds on jester’s head pecking long-eared hood. Left Supporter - Goose pluming itself. Right Supporter - Swan swimming. |
NB08 |
Bust of jester wearing long-eared hood; he is putting right fore-finger in his mouth and left hand over his eye. Left Supporter - Flying goose. Right Supporter - Goose pluming itself. |
NB09 |
Owl attacked by four small birds. Supporters - Hawk. |
NB10 |
Two dragons. Left Supporter - Raven on branch. Right Supporter - Dove on foliage. |
NB11 |
Bust of jester wearing long-eared hood, grinning. Left Supporter - Face laughing. Right Supporter - Hooded head, mouth puckered. |
NB12 |
Foliage. Supporters - Leaf. |
NB13 |
Hen and five chickens. Left Supporter - Cock scratching his comb. Right Supporter - Hen sitting on chickens, one on her back. |