Tucked among the choir stalls at Bristol Cathedral are tiny wooden misericord carvings. Leaves, flowers & little faces: easy to miss unless you slow down.
Hand-carved, quietly watching, still waiting to be noticed. Look closer next time.
#bristolcathedral #greenman #misericords
#Cathedrals #Misericords a selection of carvings and misericords in the choir stalls in Toledo Cathedral #Spain #Toledo
A carved head of a king and a bishop on misericords St Margaret’s Kings Lynn
Game of chess, anyone? We have the King & the Bishop. #Misericords #Choir #Churches #KingsLynn
#History #Misericords
Visual Humour and Misericords
Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes Series 1
Today 18:15
BBC Radio 4
Ian visits a late Medieval College Chapel to examine early examples of visual comedy. in the company of art historian Prof @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Another misericord from Great Malvern Priory. Installed in the 15th century they represent the labours of the months of the year.
This one shows a man with many buttons carrying a basket.
#woodcarvingwednesday #misericords #medieval
A misericord (a sort of decorated rest used by monks during long services) with a carving of a woodwose (a kind of hairy wildman figure carrying a club) standing between two lions.
Another misericord decorated with the foliate head of a king. The king has a large crown and waved beard, and vegetation emerges from each side of his mouth.
... while the astonishing and ancient misericords in St Mary's Church suggest that the natural world loomed very large in the Medieval imagination. #Beverley #misericords
Another misericord from Great Malvern Priory— a man with two wild boars.
#woodcarvingwednesday
#misericords
#woodensday
Shows the cover in front of other books.
Recent acquisition from St Mark's Cathedral for our personal library:
📖 A Little Book of Misericords by Mike Harding
#booksky #misericords
Folklore in the wild: Mermaids, merman and Green Man misericords in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
#mermaid #merman #greenman #misericordia #misericords #misericordsofinstagram #folklore #FolkloreFinds #HolyTrinityChurch #StratfordUponAvon
Teasle used in the wool Trade
Angry woman?
Misericords in Swinbrook church 15th century all associated with the Cotswold wool trade - the plant is a teasle, I think? #Woodensday #Misericords #Cotswolds #Swinbrook
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#Misericords St Laurence’s church #Ludlow #Shropshire
#Woodensday
Carved animals and birds misericords
Misericords Malvern Priory
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Medieval faces in stained glass
Misericords and medieval glass in Malvern Priory #Malvern #StainedGlass #misericords
King’s Lynn is pretty special. I was particularly taken with the carved door on the misericords in the Minster. #kingslynnminster #kingslynn #norfolk #englishchurches #misericords
Mermaid with mirror flanked by fish
Dog? Flanked by fanged green men
Hind flanked by hounds
Man on horseback with ER on left, toad in right. Postman?
#Ludlow #misericords fantastic collection #churchcrawling
St Mary the Virgin, Minster in #Thanet, #Kent.
The chancel is typically 'Early English' in architecture and style, and the nave dates from 1150.
The 'Cathedral of the Marshes' - has 18 well preserved #Misericords (pic 3)
#photography #churchphotography #churcharchitecture
Man in gown falling downwards beneath seat shelf
Head of horned beast beneath carved shelf
Running bird carving
Cow under seat shelf
A colour postcard showing three medieval carvings hidden under the seats where clergy would sit. They show a mermaid, a dishonest alehouse keeper being thrown into hell and boys mocking a lady.
Misericords, St Laurence's Church, Ludlow
These wonderful medieval #carvings were made under the seats on the choir/altar area, mostly religious themes but some were quite cheeky or disrespectful! 🙂
My #postcard from The Studio Press, c1990s
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnder #Misericords #churches
St Peter & St Paul at Salle (1440-50) does not disappointed the fans of misericords and medieval stalls. #misericords
