Carlisle Cathedral has forty six choir stalls, each with a misericord. The stalls and misericords are believed to have been erected between 1400 and 1419. This misericord, first stall from the west on the north side, depicts the head and forelegs of a dragon-like beast swallowing a human figure, wearing a skirt or kilt, head first. This is supported on either side by a dog wearing a decorated collar, turning away and looking back over its shoulder. It is suggested that this carving represents Judas in the jaws of Satan.
This is part of the Series: LTC01/01 Lady Trenchard Cox: Series of Negatives; within the Collection: LTC01 Lady Trenchard Cox Collection
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Cox, Mary Desiree
Misericord, Medieval Cathedral, Religion
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