misericord

misericord englanniksi

1. Relaxation of monastic rules.

2. The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation.

3. A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium.

4. 1969, M. D. Anderson, ''The Iconography of British Misericords'', G. L. Remnant, ''A Catalogue of Misericords in Great Britain'', page xxiii,

Misericords are a very humble form of medieval art and it is unlikely that the most distinguished carvers of any period were employed in making them, except, perhaps, during their apprentice years.

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6. {{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Mariko Miyazaki|chapter=Misericord Owls and Medieval Anti-semitism|editors=Debra Hassig; Debra Higgs Strickland|title=The Mark of the Beast: The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature|pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lx09r7EOL_oC&pg=PA23&dq=%22misericord%22%7C%22misericords%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_e36VIvtAc-l8AXy_IKQAw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22misericord%22%7C%22misericords%22&f=false|page=23

7. {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=F. E. Howard; F. H. Crossley|title=English Church Woodwork|pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gi1MvSZDOgUC&pg=PA155&dq=%22misericord%22%7C%22misericords%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_e36VIvtAc-l8AXy_IKQAw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22misericord%22%7C%22misericords%22&f=false|page=155

8. A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.