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| Some very nice Glastonbury chairs
surrounding another nicely carved chair. (210kb) |
The sidesof the Glastonbury chair. (227kb) |
The carving on the front of the chairback. (212kb) |
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| Four rosettes with interspersed leaves. (232kb) |
A cleric with an open mouth, holding two
large keys. (257kb) |
A stylized arrangement of four elaborate
leaves. (238kb) |
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| A Latin cross on a shield. (213kb) |
A five-petalled rose. (268kb) |
A female head with flowing hair. (231kb) |
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| A green man breathing branches. (254kb) |
The head of a man with flowing hair and
beard. (235kb) |
A bearded face with a moustache and long
flowing haird. (237kb) |
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| A hovering bird. (253kb) |
Four leopard masks with protruding
tongues. (210kb) |
A foliate mask with an open mouth. (216kb) |
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| A leopard head. (324kb) |
A five-petalled rose. (224kb) |
A shield charged with 6 lions rampant. (206kb) |
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| A five-petalled rose. (357kb) |
A winged demi-angel (missing its head)
holding a shield with the cross of St Andrew. (222kb) |
A bouquet of three acanthus leaves and
two clusters of berries. (231kb) |
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| A foliate face. (217kb) |
An evil pard head (or a lion mask). Pards
were bloodthirsty progeny of panthers and lionesses that killed with one
bound.(255kb) |
An evil pard head. (214kb) |
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| A green man with stalks coming out of his
nose. (230kb) |
A face within leaves. (219kb) |
A pard head with protruding tongue. (226kb) |
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| A two-legged creature with human head and
forked beard. (232kb) |
A bearded happy human face. (237kb) |
A satyr (demon) with bat-like wings, but
the head has been broken off. (236kb) |
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| A female satyr (she-demon) with bat-like
wings. (246kb) |
A wyvern with protruding tongue. (247kb) |
Diagram showing the layout of Hexham
Abbey choir stalls. (149kb) |
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| Information on half of the northern
misericords. (334kb) |
Remainder of the information on the
northern misericords. (222kb) |
Information on half of the southern
misericords. (249kb) |
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| Remainder of the information on the
southern misericords. (270kb) |
Information on the poppy-head bench ends. (281kb) |
A bench end of a pelican in its piety. (265kb) |
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| East elbow rest of stall S10, a human
head in a cowl, with open lips showing zig-zag teeth. (154kb) |
East elbow rest of stall N8, a bearded
human head with long ringlet hair. (267kb) |
East elbow rest of stall S8, a finely
carved human face with a conical cap (144kb) |
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| East elbow rest of stall S3, a human face
in a cowl, with a protruding tongue. (239kb) |
East elbow rest of stall S4, a human face
wearing a double cap with a brim. (178kb) |
Another picture of the Glastonbury chair
carving. (248kb) |
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| South elbow rest of stall S17, a pelican
in its piety. (255kb) |
A side shot of S17, a pelican in its
piety. (289kb) |
South elbow rest of stall S19, a human
face with moustache and beard, wearing a double hat. (161kb) |
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| The "Frith Stool", carved from a single
block of stone in the 7th century as a bishop's throne. (216kb) |
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Part of the 'Dance of Death', a 15th
century painting. L to R: death dancing with a cardinal, king, and
emperor. (199kb) |
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| The lectern, showing 3 of the 14
paintings from the 15th century. (319kb) |
Some really neat stone carving in the
Lady Chapel. (153kb) |
The front of Hexham Abbey. (155kb) |
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| The entrance to the medieval courthouse
and gaol (jail). (266kb) |
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