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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture 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 >> > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR > NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion