Roof boss
- Description
- This roof boss comes from the ceiling of a room in the Bishop’s Palace which was demolished in the 19th century. It is similar to the roof bosses in Exeter Cathedral.
- Accession Loan No.
- 14/1939/1
- Collection Class
- Architectural fragments
- Common Name
- roof boss
- Simple Name
- boss
- Dimensions
- whole width 500 mm; whole height 500 mm; whole depth 220 mm
- Period Classification
- Medieval (1200-1500)
- Production Year Low
- 1300
- Production Year High
- 1360
- Family Group
- Material
- wood; oak
- Collection Site Name
- Bishop’s Palace, Bishop Grandisson’s parlour
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe