The grotesque in church art . FOLIATE MASK, DORCHESTER, OXON. 16 122 THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ART. mask which every player in the ancient drama wore, displayedas an ornament with laurel, bay, oak, ivy, or what not, insertedin the mouth, because it was pierced for speaking through, and the only aperture in whichthe decorative branches could beinserted. Or seeds might germ-inate in sculptured masks and sohave suggested the idea. Maskswere hung in vineyards, etc. A mask above the internaltower-doorway in the Lady Chapelof Dorchester Abbey has a closeresemblance to the classic mask in the protrudin
The grotesque in church art . FOLIATE MASK, DORCHESTER, OXON. 16 122 THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ART. mask which every player in the ancient drama wore, displayedas an ornament with laurel, bay, oak, ivy, or what not, insertedin the mouth, because it was pierced for speaking through, and the only aperture in whichthe decorative branches could beinserted. Or seeds might germ-inate in sculptured masks and sohave suggested the idea. Maskswere hung in vineyards, etc. A mask above the internaltower-doorway in the Lady Chapelof Dorchester Abbey has a closeresemblance to the classic mask in the protruding lips, which,for the conveying of the voice for the great distance necessaryin the arrangement of the ancient theatres, were often shaped. FOLIATE MASK, ST. MARY S MINSTEK,ISLE OF THANET.
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