Misericord seat File #3559

Description:	Found in both British and continental churches and cathedrals - Misericord seat - showing placement of carving under the lift up seats in the choir stalls - so that a occupant could lean their backside on the ledge supported by the carving for long periods of singing. - Ornapedia

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MIsericord miserere lift up seat - England British