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Description: 
Mermaid with mirror and comb
Object number: 
00064
Part: 
Misericord
Nature: 
Secular
Artist: 
Bernts, Henrik
Position: 
Misericorde II aan de noordzijde
Date: 
1505-1508
Location: 
Deutschland, Kalkar: Sankt Nicolaikirche
Photographer: 
Verspaandonk, J.A.J.M.
Interpretation: 
Randall verwijst in haar boek 'Images in the margins of gothic manuscripts' naar nog andere afbeeldingen van een zeemeermin met spiegel en kam in manuscripten.
Categories: 
Fabulous creature
 
object 00064: 00064
Author(s):  Block, Elaine C.
Title:  Misericords in the Rhineland : Images of medieval life
City:  Lakewood (Ohio)
Year:  1996
Journal/Volume:  The Profane Arts of the Middle Ages / Les Arts profanes au moyen âge
Page details:  p. 113
 
Author(s):  Cave, C.J.P.
Title:  Roof bosses in medieval churches: an aspect of gothic sculpture
City:  Cambridge
Year:  1948
Page details:  afb. 202
 
Author(s):  Hilger, Hans Peter
Title:  Kalkar
City:  Düsseldorf
Year:  1964
Journal/Volume:  Die Denkmäler des Rheinlandes: Kreis Kleve
Page details:  p. 31
 
Author(s):  Piron, Willy
Title:  The Bilobate Misericords of the Lower Rhine Area: A Local Phenomenon
City:  Newcastle upon Tyne
Year:  2017
Journal/Volume:  Choir Stalls and their Workshops. Proceedings of the Misericordia International Colloquium 2016
Pages:  282-298
Page details:  p. 286
 
Author(s):  Randall, Lilian M.C.
Title:  Images in the margins of gothic manuscripts
City:  Berkeley
Year:  1966
Page details:  p. 187
 
Author(s):  Werd, Guido de
Title:  St. Nicolaikirche Kalkar
City:  München
Year:  2002
Page details:  p. 116, nr. 44
 

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