The Birmingham posies

A few weeks ago I posted about the group of posies on the Princeton (Taylor MS 19) set of trenchers. That grouping turns out to be a difficult group to place within a "family" as it has considerable overlap with several other groups.

The posies on the Birmingham set of trenchers, however, have hardly any overlap with other groups. I've named this grouping of posies after the set of trenchers visible online at the website of the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, England; and also described in Pinto, Edward H. 1961. The Pinto collection of wooden bygones: a short guide, with illustrations. Oxhey Woods House, Middx: [E.H. Pinto].  40 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.)

The same grouping of posies are also on trenchers in the British Museum 1888,1110.43.b-l, the National Museums of Liverpool accession numbers 53.114.449 and M5999, and the Museum of London A7383 a-g. Two other sets of this grouping are described in the literature.

4 of the posies are male-voiced, 2 are female-voiced and the remaining 6 are neutral.  4 are anti-woman accusing her of dominance, greed, shrewishness, and lust.  4 advise against marriage, and 0 are for marriage.

( Modernized spelling behind the cut  )