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Carlisle Cathedral photo page

Corpus of the misericords at Carlisle Cathedral


N01

Dragon-like beast swallowing a man in a kilt first, possibly Judas in the jaws of Satan, as described by Dante.

Supporters - Dog with bells on collar.

N02

Bird {Hoopoe?} with 3 young birds about it.

Supporters - Leaf.

N03

Dragon holding an animal in its claws.

Supporters - Lion.

N04

Mantichora with human head and hands.

Supporters - Amphisbaena.

N05

Fight between dragon and elephant.

Supporters - Leaf.

N06

Demi-angel playing a tabor.

Supporters - Foliate square.

N07

Dragon devouring bird.

Supporters - Foliate square.

N08

Coronation of the Virgin.

Supporters - Rose.

N09

Griffin biting its wing.

Supporters - Griffin biting its wing.

N10

Pelican in her piety.

Supporters - Flower.

N11

Lion and dragon fighting.

Supporters - ragon.

N12

Griffin biting its wing.

Supporters - Web-footed bird.

N13

Two dragons joined together by the ears.

Supporters - Leaf.

N14

Two storks feeding out of a sack.

Supporters - Leaf.

N15

Hairy, grotesque man with wings seated on the ground.

Supporters - Foliate square.

N16

Angel in clouds playing a musical instrument with a plectrum.

Supporters - Foliate square.

N17

Two eagles with necks crossed, one head broken off.

Supporters - Wyvern.

N18

Double-headed eagle gorged with a crown.

Supporters - Foliate square.

N19

Fox and goose.

Supporters - Foliate square.

N20

Two dragon bodies with human head in common.

 Supporters - Flower.

N21

Angel in clouds playing a musical instrument [broken]

Supporters - Rose.

N22

Man seated on the ground with eagle on each side plucking on his beard. [One bird’s head is broken off].

Supporters - Harpy.

N23

Dragon.

Supporters - Lion with human head.

S01

Two angels in the clouds holding some object between them.

Supporters - Monster with legs and body of bird, head of beast, and tail of dragon.

S02

Wyvern biting its wing.

Supporters - Lion.

S03

Bird struggling with an animal.

Supporters - Leaf.

S04

Bi-corporate lion with human head.

Supporters - Stylised leaf.

S05

Winged dragon, elaborately carved.

Supporters - Leaf.

S06

Winged serpent.

Supporters - Cockatrice.

S07

Two animals with a single grotesque head.

Supporters - Foliate square.

S08

Woman seizing a man by the beard and about to strike him with a domestic weapon; the man has apparently

just dropped a poker.

Supporters - Foliate square.

S09

Hybrid with a man’s head.

Supporters - Leaf.

S10

Dragon half-hidden in foliage.

Supporters - Leaf.

S11

Grotesque face with open mouth with a bird on either side pecking at his tongue.

Supporters - Bearded man’s head with loose cap.

S12

Fox and Goose.

Supporters - Ibis holding an eel or serpent.

S13

St. Michael slaying the dragon.

Supporters - Leaf.

S14

Wodehouse seizing a dragon by its mouth.

Supporters - ion with grotesque house.

S15

Angel holding a shield by bands over the shoulders.

Supporters - Foliate square.

S16

Angel in clouds playing a musical instrument with plectrum.

Supporters - Winged lion.

S17

Pelican in her piety.

Supporters - Pelican.

S18

Hyena killing or eating a man.

Supporters - Foliate square.

S19

Man in hood and sleeved tunic attacked by griffin.

Supporters - Grotesque lion mask.

S20

Two dragons held by a man in a tunic. He has Tudor roses on his cap and belt.   

Supporters - Simple flower.

S21

Fight between dragon and beast.

Supporters - Dog.

S22

Mermaid with a mirror.

Supporters - Leaf.

S23

Lion and dragon fighting.

Supporters - Winged lion.

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