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Misericordia
Misericordia Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a, n. [L., mercy, compassion;
miser wretched + cor, cordis, heart.]
1. (O. Law) An amercement. --Burrill.
2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the
Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or
``mercy' stroke to a fallen adversary.
3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a
member of a religious order. --Shipley.
Meaning of Misericord from wikipedia
- 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...
- the
misericords at
Norwich by
Alison Stones and the
University of
Pittsburgh Photographs of each of the
misericords at
Norwich from www.
misericords.co...
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Southwell Minster chapter house c. 1300
Detail of a "disgorging"
medieval misericord in
Ludlow parish church, Shropshire. This
stone carving of a
Green Man...
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stalls Misericord on a
choir stall The
choir stalls, the
seats reserved for the clergy, have
particularly fine carvings,
particularly on the
misericord, the...
- or
cleric to lean against.
These were "
misericords"
because their installation was an act of mercy.
Misericords typically have a
carved figurative bracket...
- Kensit's
involvement in the Good
Friday incident was
caricatured on the
misericord in the vicar's
stall in the
Sanctuary of St Cuthbert's
which depicts Kensit...
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Waugh (1960), p. 77. Chunko-Dominguez,
Betsy (2017).
English Gothic Misericord Carvings:
History from the
Bottom Up. BRILL. pp. 82–84. ISBN 9789004341203...
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Warhammer 40000 universe. All
pages with
titles containing misericordia Misericord,
church ornament Misericorde (weapon), a type of
dagger This disambiguation...
- church's thirty-four
misericords were
carved between 1489 and 1494. The same (Ripon)
school of
carvers also
carved the
misericords at
Beverley Minster...
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about 1400 and has
several notable features,
including an
early set of
misericords, an
astronomical clock and the
longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaulted...
