The grotesque in church art . te* THE ALTAR OF LIGHT AND THE BIRDS OF DARKNESS, LINCOLN. natural representation of birds pecking at fruit. In the aboveblock from Lincoln Minster, the altar is well preserved. Inthe next block, which is from a carving connected with thepreceding one, the idea is more distantly hinted SYMBOLS OF DARKNESS, LINCOLN. MYTHIC ORIGIN OF CHURCH CARVINGS. 39 At Exeter, an ingenious grotesque composition of twoduck-footed harpies, one on either side of a fleur-de-lis, isevidently from the same source. Examples of this could bemultiplied very readily.

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