PV1 – S – People’s Vestry Bay 1 South Side

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Description

A carved half-length figure on the south edge of Bay PV1, photographed obliquely from below. It has a dark rounded hairstyle or head covering, a red garment and both hands placed around a pointed shield. The figure is set against painted beams with alternating dark and pale bands and small floral motifs. No wings are visible.

Heraldry

Blazon: No reliable full blazon can be recovered from the photograph. The shield is now largely pale, with traces of darker colour that may form a diagonal band, but the original field, tinctures and any further charges are uncertain.

In plain English: There may have been a diagonal stripe across the shield, but its surviving paint is too worn to describe the complete coat of arms with confidence.

Identification: unknown

Condition

The figure and shield appear substantially intact. Much of the surface paint is abraded, especially on the face and shield; a larger loss of pale paint is visible on the figure’s right shoulder in the photograph. A vertical split or joint is visible down the centre of the garment. The shield design is too faint for secure interpretation.