. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . 14—(2337) THE/PUBLI ^ ubraryI TIL --VOX I ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE There is also a good carving of one on amisericord in the choir of Bristol Cathedral,where a mermaid with both hands upraisedis placed between a dragon and a winged andbearded man, the latter having hold of hertail. The two seem to be attacking her. There is a mermaid at the feet of theglorified Christ at Barfreston, and anotheron the eastern capital of the Norman door ofNately Scures, Hants. Her long plaited hair,arm and tail and mutilated face al
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . 14—(2337) THE/PUBLI ^ ubraryI TIL --VOX I ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE There is also a good carving of one on amisericord in the choir of Bristol Cathedral,where a mermaid with both hands upraisedis placed between a dragon and a winged andbearded man, the latter having hold of hertail. The two seem to be attacking her. There is a mermaid at the feet of theglorified Christ at Barfreston, and anotheron the eastern capital of the Norman door ofNately Scures, Hants. Her long plaited hair,arm and tail and mutilated face all in lowrelief can be distinguished with care in thephotograph. She seems to be swimming atthe bottom of the sea among the weeds. At Stow Tonga, Huntingdon, the tympanumhas a mermaid with long hair and hands up-raised. She is in the middle of two animals,one of which is possibly the Agnus Dei, asthe foreleg is bent up as if to support a cross,though the tail seems to be too much floriated. On the other side there is an unknownanimal with its forefeet practically touching
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