20650
The Elaine C. Block Database of Misericords
Sequence: S-14
United Kingdom, England, Worcestershire, Worcester, Worcester Cathedral
late 14c.
Abraham, Circumcising
Hybrid Animal
Isaac
Abraham, Circumcising -- Supported by Sarah (Sarai), wearing headdress, also suckling the nude infant Isaac, standing on altar, and circumcised by knife held in right hand of Abraham.
Decorated supporters hybrid ape-like animals bearded, hooved, and winged.
Sequence: South side from east, S-14
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TRACY Charles, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork, London, 1988.
LAIRD Marshall, English Misericords, London, 1986.
REMNANT G.L., A Catalogue of Misericords in Great Britain, Oxford, 1969, pp. 169-172.
COX M.D., « The Twelfth Century Design Sources of the Worcester Cathedral Misericords », Archaeologia xcvii, 1959, pp. 165-178.