Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Misericords of Exeter Cathedral
In the effigy the mitre has pendent straps which spring out on each side; perhaps traces of these were left when the boss was broken off, leading the restorer to conclude there had been a veil there.
The restoration of the boss is beautifully done, the join is almost imperceptible, but in the thirteenth century the artist would not have made one boss a replica of the other; there were always divergences, however slight. Above all one regrets the inappropriate introduction of the woman's head: it 'would have been so simple to copy that of Bishop Marshall from his effigy.
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