The grotesque in church art . >§^i_. GRACK AND THE GRACELESS, KINGS COLLEGE, CAMBRICGB. Gbe domestic ant) popular. OMESTIC and popular inci-dents are plentiful among thecarvings, of which they form,indeed, a distinct class ; andthey afford a considerableamount of material with whichmight be built up, in a trulyHogarthian and exaggerated spirit, an elaborate account of mediaeval manners in general. In the majority of cases the incidents have a familiar, if not an endearing suggestiveness.

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