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Roof bosses in the ceiling of St Lawrence Church, Shelley’s Close, Lechlade-on-Thames, Gloucestershire. UK. Available via Alamy. We do not have permission to reproduce this artefact in our archives.
Commissioned by Abbot Robert Elyot between 1515 and 1526, this set of 28 original carved oak seats is renowned for its fascinating and sometimes humorous, unconventional medieval subject matter. [N14] Two nude men wrestling, grasping each other by a neck-band; a third, also wearing a loose neck band, stands with his head on the shoulder […]
The Virgin Annunciate. c 1350-60. Wells Somerset Hall of the Vicar’s Choral. Available online via Alamy. With grateful thanks to Stephen Curtin who provided this from his private collection.