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Click here to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/devoncornwallnot112amer_0/devoncornwallnot112amer_0#page/n39/mode/1up"><b>view book online</b></a> to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.<br><br><b>Text Appearing Before Image:</b><br><i>me more than once that the in-strument in question is not a tabor, but a drum, as beingmuch deeper than a tabor. So it is, but it is simply continuedto the background to supply a stay to make it firm and sub-stantial. The extension is roughly cut, it tapers towards theback, forming a truncated cone, and there are no lacings. Weare only meant to view it from the front, and from the front itis a tabor. The face of the satyr, except for the goats ears, is the wide-mouthed, coarse-featured rustic who was a devoted frequenterof fairs. Mr. G. C. Druce, F.S.A., has stated that the head is thatof a drowned sailor, over whose destruction the sea-people arerejoicing. One hesitates to differ from such a competentauthority, but it is without doubt the head of satyr, not ofsailor. The merman wears a close cap fastened under the chin.This cap was of white linen; Planche compares it to achilds nightcap. It made its appearance in the middle ofthe thirteenth century, and was seen upon the heads of 24</i><br><b>Text Appearing After Image:</b><br><i>THE MISERICORDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL. every class in the kingdom. (Planches History of Costume,.p. 67.) The mermaids head-dress seems to be formed on a frame.This also is fastened under the chin by an elaborate bridle. The terminals of this misericord are natural maple leaves,indicating date 1260-70. The Cockatrice (No. 23). This represents the legend of the basilisk or cockatrice,,which the bestiaries give as follows:—When a cock isseven years old it lays an egg; this egg is brooded on andhatched by a toad or serpent. The creature which is producedhas the head, neck, and breast of a cock, while the rest of thebody is like a serpent. It hides as soon as it can, for if a mansees it before it sees man it will die, but if it sees man firstthe man will die. It is the king of all serpents, and its gazeis so venomous that it kills all birds who fly past it. The subject on our misericord seems rather involved.Although the cock has foliation instead of a tail it is not aserpents tail, so per</i><br><br><b>Note About Images</b><br></p>
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Amery, John S
1920
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