The Misericords of Bristol Cathedral

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1663

Pig about to be killed, held on a bench by two men.
Under the bench are two rabbits, one looking out of its hole , the other disappearing into it.
(This is reputed to be the only carving of a rabbit entering a hole.)
 


1664

Pedlar lying asleep while apes rifle his pack.
 


1665

In the carpenter Lanfert's yard Bruin is enticed by Reynard with the promise of honey in a cleft in an oak held open by a wedge.
He is caught when the wedge is removed, and is then attacked by Lanfert and his companions.



1666

Someone riding a horse bringing a sack of corn to a  post-mill.
 



1669

A devil in the jaws of hell receives a nude woman leading four leashed apes.
 



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