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Record Number: 16266 Author(s)/Creator(s): Block , Elaine C. Contributor(s): Title: Half Angel - Half Beast: Images of Women on Misericords [The author investigates the reasons why carvings of women appear on misericords, and shows how these carvings evoke women's negative associations with abstract vices, beasts, and devils. A comprehensive list of women on misericords appears at the end of the article. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Reinardus: Yearbook of the International Reynard Society 5, ( 1992): Pages 17 - 34. Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Animals, Image of Iconography Misericords Sins in Art Vices in Art Women in Art Award Note: Geographic Area: General Century: General Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1992. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 09254757

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