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Sculpture --- anno 500-1499 --- Belgium --- Netherlands --- Misericords --- Wood-carving, Gothic --- Relief (Sculpture) --- 745.511 --- Houtsnijwerk --- 745.511 Houtsnijwerk --- Gothic wood-carving --- Mercy seats (Seating) --- Choir stalls --- Wood-carving [Gothic ]

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Misericord carvings present a fascinating corpus of medieval art which, in turn, complements our knowledge of life and belief in the late middle ages. Subjects range from the sacred to the profane and from the fantastic to the everyday, seemingly giving equal weight to the scatological and the spiritual alike. Focusing specifically on England - though with cognisance of broader European contexts -this volume offers an analysis of misericords in relation to other cultural artefacts of the period. Through a series of themed "case studies", the book places misericords firmly within the doctrinal and devotional milieu in which they were created and sited, arguing that even the apparently coarse images to be found beneath choir stalls are intimately linked to the devotional life of the medieval English Church. The analysis is complemented by a gazetteer of the most notable instances.

Dr Paul Hardwick is Professor in English, Leeds Trinity University College.

Misericords --- Wood-carving, Medieval --- Benchends --- Church architecture --- Christian art and symbolism --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Church decoration and ornament --- Architecture --- Bench ends --- Benches --- Mercy seats (Seating) --- Choir stalls --- Details. --- Details --- England. --- English Medieval. --- European contexts. --- Misericords. --- belief. --- church stalls. --- church. --- devotional life. --- devotional milieu. --- doctrinal. --- everyday. --- fantastic. --- gazetteer. --- late middle ages. --- life. --- medieval art. --- motifs. --- notable instances. --- profane. --- religious context. --- sacred. --- scatological. --- spiritual. --- themes.

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English Gothic Misericord Carvings: History from the Bottom Up' by Betsy Chunko-Dominguez is the first book to move beyond textual dependence and traditional iconographic analysis when examining misericords. It likewise builds the most thorough discussion to date of the relationship between the misericord?s several potential audiences? including patron, craftsman, occupant of the seat, and modern viewer. 0Beyond the bounds of misericord studies, there are implications here for study of the relationship between center and margin in late medieval art; and, indeed, what constitutes?center? and?margin? as conceptual realms. Ultimately, this book attempts both to re-integrate the study of misericords into the study of Gothic art in general, and to re-center them in relation to our understanding of late medieval culture.

Misericords --- Wood-carving, Medieval --- Art and society --- Christian art and symbolism --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Religious art, Christian --- Sacred art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Art --- Symbolism --- Christian antiquities --- Church decoration and ornament --- Art and sociology --- Society and art --- Sociology and art --- Mercy seats (Seating) --- Choir stalls --- Themes, motives. --- History --- Social aspects --- Art et société --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Histoire --- Miséricordes (Parties de meuble) --- Sculpture sur bois médiévale --- Thèmes, motifs --- Wood-carving, Gothic --- Miséricordes --- Sculpture sur bois gothique --- Themes, motives --- Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- Iconography --- anno 500-1499 --- United Kingdom --- Miséricordes --- Art et société --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Thèmes, motifs --- Religious art --- Symbolism in art