The LION & the CARDINAL
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12 February 2012 ~ The Lion & the Cardinal by Daniel Mitsui



GOTHIC BEASTS and BIRDS

Grotesque animal carvings in medieval churches, reproduced in lithograph in Gothic Ornaments, selected From Various Buildings in England and France by Augustus Charles Pugin.

The following are wood carvings from New College Chapel in Oxford:



















And the following are stone carvings from the Cathedral of Rouen: 








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