Misericords: Medieval Life in English Woodcarving
Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1954. Hardcover. 18mo. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #006452
King Penguin #72. Printed paper boards. 30 pp., [2], [48] pp B&W plates. Rubbing to top and tail edges. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket has a large chip to foot of front cover, smaller chip to head of front joint, light rubbing and toning to extremities. This book tells illuminatingly and entertainingly of the many types of subjects which appear carved into misericords, seats that are attached to the underside of tip-up seats in chancel stalls on which one could sit or lean against during medieval religious services. Depictions range from saints and biblical scenes to the romances of Alexander the Great and Tristram and Iseult, as well as records of everyday life.
Price: $20.00