Corpus of the misericords at Tewkesbury Abbey
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N01 |
Damaged. An animal’s head with long ears and protruding tongue remains on right. Supporters leaf with five fronds or petals. |
N02 |
Two birds, one headless, the other with hooded human head, facing each other. Supporters leaf with five fronds or petals. |
N03 |
Amphisbaena with serpent’s tail and scaly ridged back. Supporters rose. |
N04 |
Griffin. Supporters stiff leaf. |
N05 |
Amphisbaena with duck’s head and outspread wings. Supporters vine leaf. |
N06 |
Monster with three-toed feet, and a female head and shoulders facing rear. Left Supporter stiff leaf. |
N07 |
Man seated and dog with long tail resting head on man’s knee. A figure on right is missing. Supporters leaves in scroll form. |
N08 |
Merman and mermaid. Supporters stiff leaf. |
N09 |
Animal, possibly a hyena [headless], with legs, tail and hands, apparently devouring a corpse, of which one arm and hand remain visible. Supporters stiff leaf. |
N10 |
Three figures, possibly in combat [badly mutilated] Supporters rosette. |
N11 |
Woman armed with washing beetle striking a man lying face upward on the ground. |
N12 |
Damaged and indecipherable. |
S01 |
Two mermaids face each other clasping one mirror. Supporters stiff leaf. This is a separate stall |
S02 - 06 |
Fixed seats. |
S07 |
Carving missing. |
S08 |
Three figures [headless seated.] One on left facing inward with outstretched arms; he has a second on his lap and is clasped by him. On right, a third facing the other two has left arm outstretched holding or offering a bag of money |
S09 - 12 |
Fixed seats. |
Na01 |
Two x two-legged monsters facing each other aggressively. Supporters stiff-leaf. |
Na02 |
Cock and hen, the latter pecking from a dish Supporters stiff-leaf [broken] |
Na03 |
A standing nude human figure, bending at the waist to the left so that the upper part of the body is parallel to the ground And supporting the shelf. Supporters stiff-leaf |