Rippon Cathedral

Bits and pieces by LoisSeptember 28, 2013September 28, 2013

Green man 2

I wrote something in April about the Green Man, a figure of mystery and myth, whose origins are varied and very old. I mentioned that he crops up when you least expect him, and as we were driving home from buying paint to redecorate, we were stopped at some traffic lights. I noticed a little […]

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 23, 2013

The medieval mind

A pig playing what looks like a peculiar sort of bagpipe, two other pigs clapping their trotters, no doubt in time to the music… This is not far removed from Hieronymous Bosche! It’s wonderful and I found it on a misericord in Rippon Cathedral