English medieval misericords : the margins of meaning /

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 spiri...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hardwick, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2011.
Series:Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture.
Subjects:
500-1500
Misericords > England.
Wood-carving, Medieval > England.
Church architecture > England > Details.
Church furniture > England.
Christian art and symbolism > England > Medieval, 500-1500.
Miséricordes (Parties de meuble) > Angleterre.
Architecture chrétienne > Angleterre > Détails.
Églises > Meubles > Angleterre.
ART > History > Medieval.
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval.
Church architecture > Details.
Church furniture.
Misericords.
Wood-carving, Medieval.
Bildprogramm
Chorgestühl
Miserikordie
Miserikordie.
Holzplastik.
Holzschnitzerei.
Chorgestühl.
Ikonologie.
Kristen konst och symbolik > England > medeltiden.
England.
England
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: What lies beneath
  • A fair field of folk
  • Doctrine and debate
  • Influence and invention
  • Masculinity and power
  • Exemplary animals
  • The monsters at the margins
  • Conclusion: looking both ways.

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