Index of Medieval Art

Work of Art Record 14491

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Record No

14491

Collection

The Elaine C. Block Database of Misericords

Location

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam, Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas

Date

1480

Subject Headings

Crane, Attacked by Man

Notes

Date: Many misericords replaced after WWII

Citations

BLOCK Elaine, Corpus of Medieval Misericords, Belgium and the Netherlands, (Edited by Frédéric Billiet, Jos Koldeweij, Christel Theunissen), Turnhout, 2010, p. 61.

KOF Suzette van’t, Amsterdam in gebed, Amsterdam, 2005, p. 37.

GRÖSSINGER Christa, Humour and folly in secular and profane prints of northern europe 1430-1450, London, 2002, p. 72.

HASSIG Debra, The mark of the beast: the medieval bestiary in art, life and literature, New York, 1999, pp. 23-50.

BLOCK Elaine, « Bell the cat and gnaw the bone: animals and proverbs on misericords » Reinardus: yearbook of the International Reynard Society 4, 1991, pp. 41-50.

GRAULS Jan, Volkstaaal en volksleven in het werk van Pieter Bruegel, Antwerpen, 1957, p. 83.

COPPENS Martien, Gothic Choir Stalls in the Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1950.

JENTE R., Proverbia communia, a fiftheenth century collection of Dutch proverbs together with the Low German version, Bloomington, 1947, p. 258.

HARREBOMEE PJ., Spreekwoordenboek der Nederlandsche taal of verzameling van Nederlandsche spreekwoorden en spreekwoordelijke uitdrukkingen van vroegeren en lateren tijd, Utrecht, 1858, pp. III-CCL, 327.

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