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Misericords in the Choir<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

S.<\/font>Paul\u2019s has a fine collection of misericord seats beneath the seats of the Choir Stalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the medieval tradition, these oak carvings represent a strange range of subjects, some Christian, some classical, some fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Choir is rarely accessible to visitors and the underside of the Choir Stalls are even more difficult to view, these beautiful fixtures can be most conveniently admired here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This carving depicts the traditional symbol of one of the four Gospels. A winged man with a halo and a scroll represents the Gospel of St Matthew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This carving depicts an eagle with a halo and a scroll, the traditional symbol of the Gospel of St John.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Following the medieval custom, the carpenters carved whatever subject they liked, in this case a very Gothic bat!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This subject is a woman or a beardless young man in a veil surrounded by foliage reminiscent of the Green Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it represents  a nun but it could be a fertility emblem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This composite carving shows St George riding on a lion slaying the dragon.tenderly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click again for another view of St George.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click image for an even tighter close-up of St George..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Consider the second fall of Jesus under the This carving of a bull with a halo and a scroll is the traditional symbol of the Gospel of St Luke. The bull\u2019s horns have broken off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This carving is probably of a lioness breathing out fire, but it could be of a mad dog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The reserve stalls, the clergy seats that face the High Altar, were added to the Choir at a later date and they all have these plain classical brackets rather than fantastical misericord carvings.

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This fierce winged monster has a tufted crest of hair, a lion\u2019s body and a demon\u2019s tail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This angel carries a shield decorated with the cross of St George.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This carving is probably of a monkey demon that is bound with straps and bandages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Two winged dragons fighting..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Gospel of St Mark is traditionally shown as a lion with a halo and a scroll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019<\/strong>
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Misericords in the Choir S.Paul\u2019s has a fine collection of misericord seats beneath the seats of the Choir Stalls. Following the medieval tradition, these oak carvings represent a strange range of subjects, some Christian, some classical, some fantastic. As the Choir is rarely accessible to visitors and the underside of the Choir Stalls are even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":320,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-800","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/800\/revisions\/1187"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}