The grotesque in church art . FOLIATE MASK, ST. MARY S MINSTEK,ISLE OF FOLIATE MASK, BBVBRLBV MINSTBR. like a shallow speaking-trumpet. The leaves appear to bethe vine, and so the head, perhaps, that of Bacchus. Betweenthe eyebrows will be noticed an angular projection. This MASKS AND FACES. 123 is probably explained by a mask in a misericorde in Minster, in which some object, perhaps the nasal ofa helmet, comes down the middle of the forehead. The

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