The grotesque in church art . ripon, late Fifteenth Century. the late misericordes of Westminster Abbey ; in a few casesthe original simplicity is quite lost, and we have, as at Ripon, the mask idea run mad, in-verted, and the leaves becomea graceful composition of foli-age, flower, and fruit. A rosette from the tombof Bishop de La Wich, Chich-ester, has four animal faces inan excellent design. Often masks are of thesimple description known asthe Notch-head; these are olthe thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They are generallyfound in exposed situations at some elevation, as among theseries
The grotesque in church art . ripon, late Fifteenth Century. the late misericordes of Westminster Abbey ; in a few casesthe original simplicity is quite lost, and we have, as at Ripon, the mask idea run mad, in-verted, and the leaves becomea graceful composition of foli-age, flower, and fruit. A rosette from the tombof Bishop de La Wich, Chich-ester, has four animal faces inan excellent design. Often masks are of thesimple description known asthe Notch-head; these are olthe thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They are generallyfound in exposed situations at some elevation, as among theseries of corbels (corbula a small basket) or brackets called. ROSETTE ON TOMB OF niSHOT DE LA WICH,CHICHESTER, MASKS AND FACES. 125 the corbel-table, supporting a stone course or cornice. Thelikeness to the human face caused by the shadows of the Tvaries in different examples. That below, by curving back atthe base, suggests the idea of a mouth. Occasionally, as atFinedon, Northamptonshire, the notch-head has its likenessto a face increased by the addition of ears. Norman masks are interesting, as they explain someodd appearances in later work. In many churches are facesscored with lines across the cheeks, regardless of the ordinarylines of expression, in a manner closely resembling the tattooincisions of the New Zealand appearance, however, is simply thetoo faithful copying of crude Normanmasks, in which the lines are meantto be the semi-circles round eyes andmouth. Moreover, the Norman headsare most often the heads of animals MASK, BUCKLE, OR NOTCH HEAD, grinning to shew the teeth, although CULHAM-YORKSH1RK- their general effect i
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