International studio . come from the Hoentschel Collection and form apart of the generous gift of J. Pierpont most important example consists of two ranksof oak stalls in which there are in all fourteenseat-. This represents a complete ensemble ofhigh and low stalls in the oldest method of ar-rangement. The stalls are elevated on a base andare surmounted by as many canopies as there are all low and formed of three separate parts, onepart showing three stalls, the other two and thethird one. They are all elevated on a base whichrests on two planks, one at each end. The archi-tectural
International studio . come from the Hoentschel Collection and form apart of the generous gift of J. Pierpont most important example consists of two ranksof oak stalls in which there are in all fourteenseat-. This represents a complete ensemble ofhigh and low stalls in the oldest method of ar-rangement. The stalls are elevated on a base andare surmounted by as many canopies as there are all low and formed of three separate parts, onepart showing three stalls, the other two and thethird one. They are all elevated on a base whichrests on two planks, one at each end. The archi-tectural composition of these stalls is still in thesame style as those designed by Villard de Honne-court in the thirteenth century,* but the style ofthe decoration differs entirely. The miseri-cordes of the first division show two beardlesshuman figures and in the centre the wings of abat. On one arm-rest is a human figure, on theother a sleeping animal. The misericordes (brack-ets) of the second portion show grotesque masks. seats. (Reproduced fig. i.) The decoration con-sists in the upper part of flamboyant Gothicarches and on the sides are openings in imitationof Gothic windows. The arm-rests of the lowerstalls are decorated with human masks and ro-settes. The side panels show patriarchs in top is seen on one side a dragon with St. Johnthe Baptist holding the Chalice and on the othera dragon and an evangelist. Other stalls in the Metropolitan Museum do notshow the same complete arrangement of low andhigh stalls. The ones here reproduced (fig. 2) are * For details see Yiollet-le-Duc. Dictionnairu rai-sonne ({architecture franchise, 1875, v. VIII, p. 462;and Molinier, Les meubles du Moyen Age et de laRenaissam e 11897 . p. 16. and on the arm-rests the busts of a monk and ofa nun. Finally the single stall is decorated witha bird holding in its claws a banderole. On thearm-rests on one side a chorister is seated with abook on his knees and on the other side is a littledog. T
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