The grotesque in church art . PIGS AND PIPES, RIPON 156 THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ART. strangers the use of the word has caused a temporaryembarrassment. If this explanation is not coincident withsome other not at present to hand, the carving of the pig and whistle in the six-teenth century carving inHenry chapel showsthat the corruption of the pig and wassail wasaccepted in ignorance asfar back as that period. But too much stress isnot to be laid upon the pigas a musician, for at West-minster the bear plays thebagpipes, just as at Winchester the ape performs on the the Beverley Mi
The grotesque in church art . PIGS AND PIPES, RIPON 156 THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ART. strangers the use of the word has caused a temporaryembarrassment. If this explanation is not coincident withsome other not at present to hand, the carving of the pig and whistle in the six-teenth century carving inHenry chapel showsthat the corruption of the pig and wassail wasaccepted in ignorance asfar back as that period. But too much stress isnot to be laid upon the pigas a musician, for at West-minster the bear plays thebagpipes, just as at Winchester the ape performs on the the Beverley Minster choir an ape converts a cat into analmost automatic instrument bv biting its tail.
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