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Thank you for responses re misericords. The conclusion must be that
sometimes they were, sometimes they weren't. I do think the examples
provided by John are pretty spectacular!
On 2014-04-22 7:01 pm, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> The Musée départemental des Antiquités de la Seine-Maritime in Rouen
> has a couple of polychromed misericords, from the now vanished église
> St.-Étienne-des-Tonneliers, dated to the late fifteenth or, more
> likely, early sixteenth century (the church was rebuilt between 1491
> and 1533):
> http://tinyurl.com/lnet7zz
> http://tinyurl.com/mnazz7w
>
> A larger view of the second of these:
> http://tinyurl.com/lambhls
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
>
> On 04/22/14, Nicole Stanbridge wrote:
>
>> Can anyone give me a clue/point me towards literature that will give
>> information on whether misericords were ever painted? All the books I
>> have and websites I have looked at have beautiful images showing off
>> the loveliness of the wood in its natural state. In Martial Rose 'The
>> Misericords of Norwich Cathedral' it is stated that it is unclear
>> whether they were painted.I can't imagine that with the rest of the
>> church being pretty much technicolour the misericords would have
>> escaped, but I would like a definitive source. Grateful for any leads.
>> Nicole
>>
>
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