Magic Lantern Slide: Beverley Misericord - Canting Heraldry
This photographic slide by William Weaver Baker shows a misericord decorated with the coat of arms of William Wight, Chancellor of Beverley Minster. The arms show three weights and the supports both show men carrying heavy weights, depicting a play on William Wight’s name. The misericords at Beverley Minster are believed to have been carved by the Ripon School of Carvers in 1520.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/506
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Beverley Misericord - Canting Heraldry
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'MISERICORDE Beverley' on top edge; handwritten 'Beverley Misericord. Canting Heraldry' on mount
- Period Classification
- Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
