A gargoyle would normally be a decorative feature carved into the structure of the building – traditionally at the end of drain channels – whereas a misericord was a sort of shallow wooden plinth or shelf that the monks/clerics could rest on briefly during long services.
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A very nice photograph Mark despite your subject being rather ugly! I think you’ve done a very good job capturing this gargoyle’s good side. 😀
Haha, believe me as Gargoyles go he’s quite handsome 😊
Is he a gargoyle in stonework or a misericord? I ask because I have a wee bit of an obsession with misericords.
Oh I’m not sure…..what’s the difference?
A gargoyle would normally be a decorative feature carved into the structure of the building – traditionally at the end of drain channels – whereas a misericord was a sort of shallow wooden plinth or shelf that the monks/clerics could rest on briefly during long services.
Well he was definitely stone, not wood, and he was decorating a pillar…..so I guess he is a gargoyle then.
Gargoyle it is then. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. 😀