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* {{PP|165|18}} "that face with the vines and leaves growing out of the mouf"
 
* {{PP|165|18}} "that face with the vines and leaves growing out of the mouf"
  
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A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man Green Man], and although Riddley doesn't say so, there are several stone carvings very much like this in the cathedral (as well as other styles of Green Man without the vines).  In fact, one of the columns with the zig-zag pattern mentioned above is topped with a design of startled-looking, rather [[Chapter 1|lion-like]] heads disgorging thick curling vines, shown in this drawing.
 
A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man Green Man], and although Riddley doesn't say so, there are several stone carvings very much like this in the cathedral (as well as other styles of Green Man without the vines).  In fact, one of the columns with the zig-zag pattern mentioned above is topped with a design of startled-looking, rather [[Chapter 1|lion-like]] heads disgorging thick curling vines, shown in this drawing.
  
 
[[Category:Chapter 15]]
 
[[Category:Chapter 15]]

Latest revision as of 02:33, 17 November 2017

  • (165:18) "that face with the vines and leaves growing out of the mouf"
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A Green Man, and although Riddley doesn't say so, there are several stone carvings very much like this in the cathedral (as well as other styles of Green Man without the vines). In fact, one of the columns with the zig-zag pattern mentioned above is topped with a design of startled-looking, rather lion-like heads disgorging thick curling vines, shown in this drawing.