Patrons and Choir Stalls in the Middle Ages

Barbara Španjol-Pandelo, Ph.D. (2014), University of Rijeka, is Associate Professor at the University of Rijeka (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Art History), and director of the Medieval Adriatic Heritage Research Centre Rijeka (RiMah). Her research focuses on medieval wooden sculpture and the cultural connections between the Veneto region and the eastern Adriatic coast during the late Middle Ages.Willy Piron studied Art History and Archaeology at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In 2008 he became the manager of the Centre for Art Historical Documentation, Department of Art History, Radboud University Nijmegen. Since 2015 he has been the secretary of Misericordia International. His research interests are late-medieval art and imagery. Among others, his projects include databases on medieval pilgrim badges (Kunera) and choir stalls (Stalla).

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroductionJoanne Allen, Juliana Dresvina, Willy Piron, Barbara Španjol-Pandelo, and Christel Theunissen1 Patrons and Their Projects: Connecting Choir StallsLouise Bourdua2 Corporate, Monastic, and Lay Patronage of Choir Spaces in San Pancrazio in FlorenceJoanne Allen3 “Novus Alexander Macedo, vere magnus, vere pius”: the Patronage of Alessandro Martinengo Colleoni in 16th Century BergamoLorenzo Mascheretti4 Patrons of the Choir Stalls in the Church of St. Francis in CresBarbara Španjol-Pandelo5 Bishop Juan Arias Dávila and King Henry IV in Segovia Cathedral: a Fake Stalls Patron?Mª Dolores Teijeira Pablos and Fernando Villaseñor Sebastián†6 In the Heart of the Church: the Choir(s) of the Cathedral of Cuenca in ContextÁngel Fuentes Ortiz and María Teresa Chicote Pompanin7 L’identité du commanditaire des stalles de Levroux (France) : étude d’un indice gravéFrédéric Billiet8 George I d’Amboise as Patron of the Stalls in Gaillon CastleCécile Meneau d’Anterroches9 Margaret of Austria as Regent and Patron: the Choir Stalls of BrouIngrid van Woudenberg10 Choir Stall Patrons in Northwestern EuropeChristel Theunissen11 Oxford Misericords and Their Patrons, Medieval and Modern: a Brief HistoryJuliana Dresvina12 Moritz von Spiegelberg and His Patent of Nobility on the Choir Stalls in EmmerichWilly PironGlossaryIndex