Corpus of the misericords at Ely Cathedral
NB01 |
The daughter of Herodias receiving the head of St. John the Baptist from the gaoler; The prison is in the background. Left Supporter - Herod, Philip, and Herodias seated at a table, in front of which the daughter dances. Right Supporter - the mother, crowned, receiving the head in a charger from her |
NB02 |
Owl perched in a tree, holding a mouse with its foot. Supporters - foliage in which are small birds. |
NB03 |
Man fallen down under trees, he holds a billet of wood in each hand Left Supporter - man blowing horn. Right Supporter - two men armed with swords and bucklers |
NB04 |
Crowned king resting his head on his right hand, his left grasping the skirt of his mantle. Supporters - leaves and grapes. |
NB05 |
Adam and Eve being driven out of the Garden of Eden by the angel with a large sword. Left Supporter - Adam and a son digging. Right Supporter - Eve spinning, cat playing with the yarn. |
NB06 |
Seated man, hands on knees [modern] Supporters - leaves. |
NB07 |
Man seated supporting bracket with one hand [Modern.] Supporters - foliage. |
NB08 |
Man sitting cross legged playing a fiddle [Modern.] Supporters - oak- leaves and acorns. |
NB09 |
Seated bearded man holding a scroll in front of him. Supporters - dragon in foliage. |
NB10 |
King, crowned, seated supporting the bracket with his hands. [Modern.] Supporters - rose and leaves. |
NB11 |
Virgin with unicorn.[Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
NB12 |
Cowled monk kneeling with hands on knees. [Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
NB13 |
St Luke with ox, writing in book with pencil. Evangelistic symbol.[Modern.] Supporters - vine- leaves |
NB14 |
St Matthew seated figure reading book supported by an angel. Evangelistic symbol. [Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
NB15 |
St John robed figure with chalice and serpent’s head. Evangelistic symbol. [Modern.] Supporters - oak-leaves and acorns. |
NB16 |
Pilgrim with staff, book, bag with six crosses, bottle and hat along his back.[Modern.] Supporters - vine-leaves. |
NB17 |
Two women grinding corn, surrounded by cooking utensils. Supporters - leaves. |
NB18 |
Mitred abbot with pastoral staff. [Modern.] Supporters - oak-leaves and acorns. |
NB19 |
St Peter with book and keys. Evangelistic symbol. [Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
NH01 |
Two demi-angels Supporters - leaf. modern. |
NH02 |
Two grotesque faces in foliage. Supporters - leaf. |
NH03 |
Stag. Left Supporter - huntsman winding his horn, carrying a bow on right shoulder and quiver of arrows. Right Supporter - stag. |
NH04 |
Man in long cloak leaning forward clasps his knees. Supporters - leaves. |
NH05 |
Man with two hounds in leash, a hare slung over his back. Left Supporter - boy with hound. Right Supporter - hare running into foliage. |
NH06 |
Two lions issuing from foliage. Supporters - vine-leaves and foliage |
NH07 |
Man bends forward, hands on knees, supporting brackets on his shoulders. Supporters - foliage. |
NH08 |
Woman seated looking through fork in tree, her arms are raised, supporting the brackets. Supporters - stag browsing. |
NH09 |
Bearded man in long tunic leaning forward, hands on knees. Supporters - lion biting itself. |
NH10 |
Man in vine picking grapes. Supporters - vine-leaves and grapes. |
NH11 |
Woman kneeling, hands clasped, confessing to seated man. Left Supporter - skull wreathed in foliage. Right Supporter - foliage. |
NH12 |
Pelican in her piety. Supporters - flowers and foliage. |
NH13 |
Man leaning on sword [or hammer]. Supporters - oak-foliage. |
NH14 |
Face in foliage. Supporters - oak-foliage. |
NH15 |
Two wrestlers or tumblers, the upper one wearing a cap with ears to it. Supporters - lion and griffin fighting. |
NH16 |
Man wearing tight fitting cap and loose jerkin with his horse falling to the ground. His hunting horn lies broken beside him. Left Supporter - two dogs hunting hinds through a wood. Right Supporter - woman in chapel praying before a small altar. |
NH17 |
The capture of the unicorn. Left Supporter - knight with battleaxe sword and shield in background of oak leaves and foliage. Right Supporter - knight with staff and sword in background of oak leaves and foliage. |
NH18 |
Two women seated side-by-side, hands on knees. Supporters - flowers. |
NH19 |
Woman striking with her distaff at a fox running away with a goose. Left Supporter - fox in monk’s cowl with pastoral staff in his hand preaching to a cock and two hens. Right Supporter - man with a flail standing before a crop of wheat. |
NH20 |
The temptation of Adam and Eve. The tree of knowledge stands in the centre and around it is twined the serpent with a human head. Adam is about to eat an apple and holds another in his hand. Eve looks on. Left Supporter - ape and two small quadrupeds in foliage. Right Supporter - rabbit-warren with birds and foliage. |
NH21 |
Seated woman, hands on knees. Supporters - leaves. |
HN22 |
Man leaning forward, broken. Supporters - oak leaves and acorns. |
NH23 |
Two hooded, bearded men throwing dice. Left Supporter - woman seated on a bench, holding a spray of flowers. Right Supporter - man in ling tunic, carrying a cup in one hand and a bottle in the other. |
NH24 |
Man kneeling on one knee, and supporting the bracket with his hands. Left Supporter - man playing a viol. Right Supporter - dog lying curled up. |
SB01 |
King, fully armed, riding and aiming a blow at a figure with a crutch behind him [all head, no body]. {One of the hind legs of the horse has been broken off.} St. Martin?. Left Supporter - Christ in the Act of Benediction [ head and orb gone]; two angels adoring on either side of swinging censers., background diapered. Right Supporter - bishops in mitres exorcizing a female spirit out of a nude figure. |
SB02 |
Tutivilus. Two Seated women; left one wears a chaplet and carries a rosary; the other has a book. The devil pokes his head between them and puts his arms round their necks. Supporters - small devil with scrolls in foliage |
SB03 |
Man and woman riding a horse, she holds its tail, he grasps its mane. The horse has knocked down two men over whom it tramples. Left Supporter - two men. Right Supporter - two women. |
SB04 |
Two men, wearing long loose gowns wrestling. Supporters - leaves. |
SB05 |
Ram under two oak-trees. Supporters - oak leaves |
SB06 |
Seated monk with book. [Modern.] Supporters - oak-leaves and acorns. |
SB07 |
Monk with rosary under tree [Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
SB08 |
Seated man. [Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
SB09 |
Old man wearing loose cap and supporting bracket with his left hand. Supporters - leaves. |
BS10 |
Kneeling man.[Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
SB11 |
Bearded man squatting, head on one side. Supporters - ivy-leaves and fruit. |
SB12 |
Seated hooded man. [ Modern.] Supporters - leaves. |
SB13 |
Seated bearded man, hood drawn over head, and bending forward. Supporters - ivy-leaves. |
SB14 |
Knight, fully armed with visor to his helmet, sword and battle-axe, kneeling on one knee. His body supporting the bracket. Supporters - leaves. |
SB15 |
Seated man. Supporters - leaves. |
SB16 |
Man and woman seated on the ground: he has his right thumb in her mouth; she strikes him in the face and kicks his knee. Supporters - grotesque lion with foliated tail. |
SB17 |
Kneeling man, one hand behind head, the other on hip, is supporting the bracket. Left Supporter - two rams fighting. Right Supporter - eagle carrying off a lamb. |
SH01 |
Two demi- angels supporting a shield. Supporters - oak leaves and acorns. |
SH02 |
Two monks seated on bench. Left Supporter - lion’s mask from which issues foliage. Right Supporter - birds in foliage. |
SH03 |
Noah looking out of the ark, which is three tiered. Left Supporter - raven on carcass of ox. Right Supporter - the dove flying to Noah with the olive branch. |
SH04 |
Seated woman, leaning forward, hands raised to each side of her face. Supporters - ho[u]rse in oak-foliage. |
SH05 |
Ape, with drapery over his shoulders and with long fingers to hands and feet, Supporting the bracket with his back. Supporters - winged dragon, the tails being a prolongation of the bracket moulding. |
SH06 |
Seated woman in a chair, her hands resting on the heads of two hounds standing One on each side of her. Supporters - ape in foliage. |
SH07 |
Man grimacing, hands on knees and legs bent up behind him. Supporters - oak leaves. |
SH08 |
Man with his arms round two monsters with serpents’ bodies Left Supporter - centaur playing pipe and tabor. Right Supporter - female centaur playing dulcimer. Both supporters in foliage. |
SH09 |
Seated long-haired, bearded man, legs crossed, with hands on knees. Supporters - oak leaves. |
SH10 |
Man and woman, both seated, man crosses right foot onto left knee. |
SH11 |
Seated man, extended arms supporting bracket. Supporters - foliage. |
SH12 |
Man squatting, [tumblers] arms under chin, head supporting the bracket. Supporters - lion biting itself. |
SH13 |
Seated king and queen in voluminous drapery. Supporters - three birds with their heads towards the centre carving. |
SH14 |
Crowned king on canopied throne. Supporters - figure kneeling in adoration. |
SH15 |
Jester [body gone] standing in water. Left Supporter - child riding a dog. Right Supporter - dog taking child out of the water in its mouth. |
SH16 |
Samson astride a lion, pulling its jaws open. Supporters - foliage. |
SH17 |
Woman, nursing child whose arms are around her neck. Supporters - foliage. |
SH18 |
Demon opening a man’s mouth, holding his beard, and trying to pull out a tooth. Supporters - foliage. |
SH19 |
Squatting man, one arm raised above his head, the other supporting it. Supporters - ape in foliage. |
SH20 |
Bear beneath a tree in which are two apes. Supporters - ape in foliage. |
SH21 |
Monk and nun. Supporters - foliage. |
SH22 |
Seated man leaning forward, his hands behind him. Supporters - foliage. |
SH23 |
Two men seated, their heads resting on their hands. Supporters - foliage. |
SB18 |
The Legend of St. Giles. Bearded man in a cave or cell, with an arrow in his knee, stooping and caressing a hind, and carrying a rosary in the other hand. Supporters - archer in foliage shooting at the hind. |