Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Britain / Chester / Cathedral / Choir Stalls - Misericords

HISTORY

Modern / Britain / Plantagenet / Richard Coeur-de-Lion / Tearing out the heart of a lion

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Judges / Samson (Jud. 13-16) / Samson and the Lion (Jud. 14:5-8) / Samson kills the lion (Jud. 14:5-6)

Further details

Remnant identifies the figure as Richard Coeur-de-Lion ripping the heart out of a lion, but apart from the bystander the image rather resembles Samson and the lion

Artist or creator

English

Date

1380 (circa)

Location

Chester, Cathedral

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

G. L. Remnant, A Catalogue of Misericords in Great Britain, Oxford 1969, p. 25, no. 28

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