Work of Art Record 14047

Ass, Reading, misericord, Funchal Cathedral, SH-6.

Record No

14047

Collection

The Elaine C. Block Database of Misericords

Inventory Number

Sequence: SH-6

Location

Portugal, Madeira, Ilha da Madeira, Funchal, Funchal Cathedral

Date

16c.

Subject Headings

Ass
Ass, Reading
Book

Description

Ass, Reading -- Ass (missing left arm), reading from open book on lectern.

Notes

Artist: Attributed to Oliver de Gand

Sequence: SH-6

Citations

BLOCK Elaine, Corpus of Medieval Misericords, Iberia, Portugal - Spain, Turnhout, 2004, pp. 9-10.

KRAUS Dorothy and KRAUS Henry, The Gothic Choir Stalls of Spain, London and New York, 1986, p. 98.

MATEO GOMEZ Isabel, Temas profanos en la escultura espanola, Madrid, 1979.

RAMIREZ DOMINGUEZ J.A., « Notas para una estimacion de la satira religiosa en las misericordias de algumas sillerias de coro », Revista de Ideas Estéticas 33, 1975, pp. 109 -121.

SMITH Robert C., Cadeirais de Portugal, Lisboa, 1968.

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