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Historical Archive: Church of Saint John the Baptist Adel, Leeds County, West Yorkshire, England interior sandstone, 1150-1170 chancel arch 1160-1170 Corbels may represent the resurrected dead or reborn, in various forms, emitted by beasts. east and west end windows reconstructed 1879 from west from west, full height from east, gritstone font (13th c.?) with Eric Gill 1921 oak canopy chancel from west chancel arch north pier chancel arch north pier capitals with voussoirs chancel arch north pier capitals: centaur facing large wyvern, with small wyvern behind; entwined beasts; Baptism chancel arch north pier capitals: large wyvern facing centaur; entwined beasts; Baptism chancel arch north pier capitals: entwined beasts, Baptism capital northwest (tendrils from mask, angel, boar [Behemoth?]) Baptism capital, north face. Not available in high resolution. Baptism capital (King David? to right), north and west faces chancel 14th-c. window and south pier chancel arch south pier capitals: Deposition; entwined beasts; lion facing knight Deposition capital, east (boar, mask, lion?) and south faces Deposition capital, south face (to right sun or moon?) chancel arch south pier: Deposition capital west face (mask, wyvern? quadruped); entwined beasts chancel arch south pier capital: lion, mounted knight full chancel arch from west lowest arch: chevrons chancel arch north pier capitals, voussoirs 1-4 chancel arch, voussoirs 7-12 chancel arch, voussoirs 11-16; 14 with fish, 15 hare chancel arch, voussoirs 15-19; 18 with stringed instrument chancel arch, voussoirs 19-23 chancel arch, voussoirs 24-27; 25 Pisces chancel arch, voussoirs 28-31 chancel arch, voussoirs 32-35 chancel arch, voussoirs 33-37; 37 with plaited beard