Salisbury Cathedral - XIII

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	Type:	Foliage-spewer
	Location:	Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin
	OS GR:	SU 142295
	Period:	Nineteenth-century Gothic
	Medium:	Stone-carving
	Foliage:	Stylised
	Mood:	Agonised

Description

Yet another small foliage-spewer from the Hume monument by Hopper, against the west wall of the Cathedral's south transept. It forms part of the decorations on the canopy just above the monument's left-hand figure. Its mouth gapes wide, the mouth forced open by the foliage issuing forth, the expression one of agonised distress.

Also at Salisbury

Many more examples of the green man at the Cathedral and elsewhere
In the chapter house, a rare example of a triple head
In the nave, a fourteenth-century clock, restored in 1956, formerly in the (now demolished) bell-tower.

Design by Black Cat Folklore
Page created on 27 Dec 2008. Last updated on 27 Dec 2008.