Wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church
This article is about the church ornament. For the weapon, see Misericorde (weapon).
For the piece of church furniture known as the mercy seat that is used for repentance, see Mourner's bench.
Misericord from the church of Saint-Prix in Noizay (Indre-et-Loire, France), depicting an angelWith the seat lifted (as at left), the misericord provides a ledge to support the user
A misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the biblical object) is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a partially standing position during long periods of prayer.[1]
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A misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the biblical object) is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which...
Southwell Minster chapter house c. 1300 Detail of a "disgorging" medieval misericord in Ludlow parish church, Shropshire. This stone carving of a Green Man...
or cleric to lean against. These were "misericords" because their installation was an act of mercy. Misericords typically have a carved figurative bracket...
the misericords at Norwich by Alison Stones and the University of Pittsburgh Photographs of each of the misericords at Norwich from www.misericords.co...
about 1400 and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaulted...
Warhammer 40000 universe. All pages with titles containing misericordia Misericord, church ornament Misericorde (weapon), a type of dagger This disambiguation...
display of 15th-century stained glass in England, as well as carved misericords from the 15th and 16th century and the largest collection of medieval...
as foxes dressed as monks or priests preaching to a flock of geese on misericords. These representations alluded to the story of the preaching fox found...
Derbyshire, England. Few images of medieval football survive. One wooden misericord carving (photo below right) from the early fourteenth century at Gloucester...
its members hang above the stalls. The stalls retain their medieval misericords: small ledges for monks to perch on during services, often decorated...
phrase "Je me mêle des oies ferrées" – "I concern myself/meddle with shoeing geese." From a misericord at the Abbey of Saint Martin aux Bois (Oise), France...
work on West Front. Strange, Dominic. "The Misericords and history of Peterborough Cathedral". misericords.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 October...
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