IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

ENGLAND: Misericords CATHEDRAL
Interior; "Furnishings"

Misericords



61 original misericords  Some date from 1420, and others from 1480.

Below are a few of them 


Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 47
South side- from West- No 16
Owl being modded by small birds
1480

Supporters- Birds with crests

Screen sized Image


Adapted from Howard and Crossley, p 190
South side- from West- No 24
1480
Owl sitting in a vine, being attacked by smaller birds
Screen sized Image

Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 2
South side- from West- No 25
Man in Jerkin fights  a Griffin that is 
attacking a small animal (lamb?)

(Some authorites see this as St George and the Dragon
1480
Supporters: Lion faces with tongues showing

Screen sized Image


Adapted from Prior and Gardiner, p 540
 South  side from west,  Number 28
Schoolmaster beats a pupil.  surrounded by 4 boys
reading books
1480

Supporters:  Figures (boys?) writing in scrolls
 

Screen sized Image


Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 11

North side- from West- No 9
Mermaid suckles a lion
1420

Screen sized Image


Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 138
North side - From West- Number 13
Samson fights the lion 
1420
Supporters: Right- a crane. Left an owl holds a mouse in its beak
Screen sized Image

Preliminary Bibliography

Bond, Francis.Wood carvings in English churches, by Francis Bond, P.M. Johnston, and Alfred Maskell . London, New York, H.
Frowde, 1910-  LC Number:    NB1960 .B71w

Grössinger, Christa. The world upside-down : English misericords London : H. Miller, c1997. LC Number:  NK9743 G76 1997

Howard, F. E.  & F.H. Crossley.English church woodwork; a study in craftsmanship during the mediaeval period A.D. 1250-1550,
by F.E. Howard & F.H. Crossley. London, B.T. Batsford [1917] LC Number:  NB1960 .H84

Laird, M. (Marshall), English misericords London : Murray, 1986. LC Number:  NK9743 L3 1986

 Remnant, G. L. A catalogue of misericords in Great Britain.  Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. LC
Number Number:    NA5463 .R4 1998



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