Keyser collection slide 0151: Ely Cathedral
Reference code
GLS/02/0150
Title
Keyser collection slide 0151: Ely Cathedral
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Carved wood Misericord seat. Temptation of Eve. The central carving is of the tree of knowledge with a Adam (bearded) and Eve flanking the Angel Raphael. Adam and Eve are both naked with long hair and each is about to eat an apple. Flanking the central figures are two carvings of stylised fruiting trees. On the left side, the tree is filled with animals possibly a ram, monkeys and a bird and on the right the animals are rabbits and birds.
Archival history
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