European decorative arts - ecclesiastical

crozier of William of Wykeham c1367

© Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford

Angel playing a tabor (and possibly also a pipe)on the crozier at New College, Oxford. It is in a section level with the angel's outstretched wing

The crozier is one of the insignia of rank of the Bishop and is usually a long staff with the end curved in a heavy volute carved with foliage.

copyright Bridgeman Art NCO 205119

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