Institutional archives around the world hold a wealth of material but traditionally the fields of Classical and ancient Near Eastern archaeology have been slow to make use of such legacy data in their investigations.

Comprises the texts of papers delivered at the Misericordia International Colloquium in 2003 and includes the following: Profane Imagery on Misericords; Misericords as an Interpretative Tool in the Study of Choir Stalls; Misericords and the World of Bruegel; Gaming-Board Misericords; Representat