15th-century relief plaque
Over the entrance to Merton College. The kneeling mitred figure is Bishop Walter de Merton, the college's founder; standing beside him is St John the Baptist to whom the college was dedicated. The book in the centre has seven seals, so it may be the book mentioned in Revelation which the lamb (representing Christ) is about to open, unleashing the Apocalypse.
Merton Street, Oxford.
15th-century relief plaque
Over the entrance to Merton College. The kneeling mitred figure is Bishop Walter de Merton, the college's founder; standing beside him is St John the Baptist to whom the college was dedicated. The book in the centre has seven seals, so it may be the book mentioned in Revelation which the lamb (representing Christ) is about to open, unleashing the Apocalypse.
Merton Street, Oxford.