Church Misericords and Bench Ends

by Richard Hayman

Although misericords were originally installed on the hidden undersides of church folding seats to provide comfort to those standing for long periods of prayer, the have gradually become more ornately carved and decorated. Now they, along with the benches installed in parish churches in the later middle ages, are the objects of a large proportion of the surviving medieval woodcarving in Britain. The subject matter of these carvings is not merely concerned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YWCHUS
• ISBN13: 9780747807445
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.2"