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The grotesque in church art (1899)

Wildridge, T. Tindall (Thomas Tindall) · London, W. Andrews · leaf 80

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SATANIC REPRESENTATIONS. 65. by the myth-idea of Typhon (by whatever name known) as a … ferno. The Dorchester example is a small boss in the groined ceiling of the sedilia of celebrants; that at Ewelme is a weather-worn parapet-ornament on the south of the choir ; the carving at Farnsham is on a misericorde. Not entirely, though in some degree, the two next illustrations support the…

Art, European · Grotesque · Christian art and symbolism · Church decoration and ornament

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