Panel 07 - Signature panel (Tanner scraping a hide)
© Stuart Whatling, 2008
Description:
The animal hide (which would previously have been soaked for several days
in running water or lime solution to loosen the hairs) has been stretched
out over a special bench and is being scraped with a curved, two-handled
knife. As with his companion in panel 5, the tanner is dressed in a relatively
high-status long-sleeved, ankle-length tunic or cotte, which here
is shown particoloured. This chap also wears a coif on his head. Full
length tunics would not have been worn for this kind of activity (scraping
hides is a very messy business) but their use here serves to emphasise
the aspirations of the window's 'sponsors'.
