Comments on: Misericords In Limehouse https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Pete Stewart https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165756 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:38:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165756 Magnificent photos; I hope it’s OK that I’ve reproduced the angel bagpiper on our bagpipe map; I’ve linked to your blog which I’m thoroughly enjoying

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165363 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:34:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165363 The carvings are wonderful and in real life even more so, I can only recommend people to go and see them. Valerie

]]> By: Robin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165360 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:22:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165360 Thank you for showing these photos again. They are magnificent. Done by a true master carver.

]]> By: Archaic https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165347 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:36:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165347 I wonder if there is anyone left in the world who can carve wood with such delicate artistry? I wrote a college paper on the symbolic beasts in Arthurian legends. The mother Pelican was believed to pierce her own chest with her beak to nourish her brood with her blood, so became a popular symbol of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165321 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:42:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165321 Greetings from Boston,

GA, really enjoyed viewing these intriguing British misericords which survive at St. Katherine’s in Limehouse. The first time I encountered these creatures was in the magnificent cathedral in Toledo where they decorate the extensive choir stalls.

Well said – “These marvellous carvings evoke a different world and another sensibility, combining the sacred and profane in grotesque and fantastical images that speak across time as emotive and intimate expressions of the human imagination.”

I also had to look up AMPHISBAENA – “a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head on each end.”

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165319 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:25:50 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165319 I am surprise that a wood carver in 12th century England knew enough of Lions and Elephants to be able to create accurate carvings.
Gary

]]> By: Christine Roberts https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165302 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 08:16:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165302 Thank you for a fascinating set of photos! You’ve whetted my appetite to see these carvings and connect with the mind(s) that carved them.

]]> By: Lee Cooper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165285 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:22:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165285 When training as a London cabby the two St Katherine’s came up on the Knowledge of London get from one point to the other but after 26 years of driving one around town this is the first time I have seen inside the wonderful little church it’s now on my list of must sees , thank you for highlighting this gem of a place.
Lee

]]> By: Ronald McKenzie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165270 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 05:21:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165270 Wonderful photos of a time long gone bye….

]]> By: Janet M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/26/misericords-in-limehouse/#comment-1165229 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:34:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159603#comment-1165229 Well done you!

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