Church Misericords And Bench Ends

Author : Richard Hayman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747811830
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Church Misericords and Bench Ends written by Richard Hayman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increasing disappearance of stained glass in medieval churches, the surviving wood carvings on church misericords and bench ends are extremely important in providing an insight into the medieval mind. The carved images were often used to convey the messages of the Christian faith in the Middle Ages but they were not just concerned with religion and religious symbols – they also told stories of mythology, humour and satire, showing illustrations of everyday life and people. This book outlines the history of church seating and discusses the craftsmen and the influences behind their work. Using illustrations, the author then explains the subject matter of these wood carvings, revealing how one can discover so much about medieval life – the spiritualism, moralism and the wit – within the carvings still found in churches today.

Author : John Colin Dinsdale Smith
Publisher : David & Charles Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780715365625
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Church Woodcarvings written by John Colin Dinsdale Smith and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Charles Cox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bench-ends in English Churches written by John Charles Cox and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. G. Challis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781898187011
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in Medieval England written by M. G. Challis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert A. Faleer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810867400
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Church Woodwork in the British Isles, 1100-1535 written by Robert A. Faleer and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church Woodwork in the British Isles, 1100-1535: An Annotated Bibliography presents a thoroughly researched bibliographic guide to monographic, serial, archival, and graphical resources that deal with all aspects of late Romanesque, Gothic, and early Renaissance ecclesiastical woodwork in churches throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Dealing with both the decorative and structural elements of wooden church furnishings fittings, this authoritative reference tool includes more than 900 annotated citations for works published from the mid-19th century to the present.

Author : Paul Hardwick
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843836599
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Medieval Misericords written by Paul Hardwick and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 spiritual alike. Focusing specifically on England - though with cognisance of broader European contexts - this volume offers an analysis of misericords in relation to other cultural artefacts of the period. Through a series of themed "case studies", the book places misericords firmly within the doctrinal and devotional milieu in which they were created and sited, arguing that even the apparently coarse images to be found beneath choir stalls are intimately linked to the devotional life of the medieval English Church. The analysis is complemented by a gazetteer of the most notable instances. Dr Paul Hardwick is Professor in English, Leeds Trinity University College.

Author : Richard Hayman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178442353X
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Churches and Churchyards of England and Wales written by Richard Hayman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The parish church is a symbol of continuity, a cornerstone of the urban and rural landscape, and a treasure trove often as rich in cultural history as any museum. This compact and accessible guide explores all of these aspects of the parish church, beginning by examining why churches are built where they are, and going on to explain how both church buildings and churchyards have changed over time. It also describes their fixtures and furnishings, including fonts, screens, stained glass and monuments, explaining the ritual and symbolic purpose of these features and how their significance has shifted over time. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, this book will provide an indispensable primer for anyone who is curious about the nation's parish churches and wants to explore them further.

Author : Alfred Maskell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wood Sculpture written by Alfred Maskell and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roland William Morant
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412026040
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medieval Abbeys of England and Wales written by Roland William Morant and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource guide aims to assemble within one volume brief details of all the surviving buildings in England and Wales as well as smaller artifacts which may be described collectively as contents. The guide is targeted both at researchers from a variety of disciplines - historical, archaeological and architectural etc. - as well as at individual heritage enthusiasts who wish to track down items of particular interest. It is also hoped that it will become a standard of reference in libraries. About 580 monastic houses are referred to in the text, the author having visited almost all of them over a period of fifteen years. As far as the author is aware, no comprehensive effort has been made to bring this data together within one book. The work seeks therefore to fill a significant information gap.

Author : Jane Geddes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000107132
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, 1500-2000 written by Jane Geddes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen. Since then, exciting discoveries have taken place and old ideas have been reappraised. The choir stalls and woodwork have provided a fresh seam of information about the meaning and use of the medieval chapel. Daniel MacCannell has identified new iconography in the stalls. Jane Geddes, prompted by the installation of the new organ, has investigated the original function and appearance of the great pulpitum or screen between the choir and nave and discovered the location of a magnificent lost organ loft. Mary Pryor and John Morrison have examined the great baroque biblical paintings and come up with a totally new interpretation of their iconography and function: a political warning to King Charles II. Easter Smart, the university chaplain, describes the flexible and ecumenical use of the chapel today. The revised edition appears in time to honour the quincentenary of the death of Bishop William Elphinstone, the founder of Aberdeen University, who died in 1514. This book aims to integrate his legacy to the chapel: the liturgy, music, architecture and fittings. Thanks to an unusually tolerant and conservative attitude towards religion at the university following the Reformation, the chapel has survived in a more complete medieval state than any other church in Scotland. The rich archive of university documents show how benign neglect and a fierce pride in their iconic building caused the university to maintain the structure and its furnishings even during the long centuries when it ceased to serve a religious function.