IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

ENGLAND: Ripon Minster

Church of Saints Peter and Wilfrid

Misericords


Misericords
35 original misericords from ca 1489-94b
Below are a few of them 

Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 14
South side, Number 8
Jonah cast overborad
Supporters   - flowers

May have been coppied from an illustration 
from the Biblia Pauperum, a popular 
book explaining the Bible

Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive Image"


Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 140
 Jonah coming out of whale 
South Side Number 14 

May have been coppied from an illustration 
from the Biblia Pauperum, a popular 
book explaining the Bible

Screen-sized Image


Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 08
South Side- Number 6
Mermaid holds mirror and brush
supporters : Fruit? Flowers? 

Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive Image"


Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 164
Number 11 NorthSide
A fox (Reybnard) in a pulpit, preaching to a goose and a rooster
Supporters- Sycamore leaves.

Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive Image"


Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p23
North side- number 01
Lion attacked by dogs
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive Image"

Adapted from Bond, Misericords, p 136
South side, number 15

Samson carries the gates of Gaza
Supporters- Leaves
May have been coppied from an illustration 
from the Biblia Pauperum, a popular 
book explaining the Bible

Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive 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

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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