SECOND PERIOD PAINTINGS

LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Ceiling bosses
bay 1 A nearly complete
bay 1 C

more than half survives beside a large hole in the vault

a small cross in the centre surrounded by concentrated circles of dashes

bay 2 A complete : a cross rounded over a cross with pointed ends on it diagonal axis
bay 2 C only a small fragment
bay 3 A total plaster loss
bay 3 C

pointed leaves

the point overlap concentric circles beyond which are radiating dashes within an outer circle

bay 3 A damage circle and radiating lines
bay 4 C pointed cross and similar cross with outline on the diagonal axis within and attractive border of curved dashes within a circle
West wall no decipherable paint remains
East wall

an elaborate two dimensional architectural design

fragment in the south niche which could well correspond to a figure of the Virgin (Annunciation?)

within the window splays is a possible Crucifixion ?

round the arch and the splays : reminiscence of the flowers/ornaments  

North side
bay 1 A

prick-eared hound (retriever?)

a man

bay 1 B Saint Michael
bay 1 C

Two men seated at a large organ

a man playing harp

bay 2 A

a fox or wildcat

a snake

bay 2 B

a right hand grasps a torch/flames

a dragon

four interlocked dragons, back-to-back?

bay 2 C a herdsman
bay 3 A two horsemen on ponies
bay 3 B man wearing a conical helmet
bay 3 C two bowmen
bay 4 A a man carrying two spears
bay 4 B  
bay 4 C double-headed eagle

South side

bay 1 A

a stag

a hound/wolf

bay 1 B fragment of fishermen with a harpoon
bay 1 C

square-beaked swan

a plant

a bird

bay 2 A

a heron

 three-pronged harpoon clutched by a fisherman and a fish

bay 2 B two men wrestling
bay 2 C

a griffin

 man playing a harp

bay 3 A

a dragon

a hare

a badger

bay 3 B rushes with subtle dangling flowers climbed by a cat/tree with pear-like-fruit
bay 3 C

a deer/stag

a cock

bay 4 A

man clasping a leash that is doubled through a ring in the hound’s collar

a tree

a pelican pecks at its breast and its blood flows onto her chicks

a nest on a branch

bay 4 C remains of curved incised lines
bay 4 C an unidentified scrap

 

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