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Here be dragons
Ok, admittedly, it’s just one dragon viewed from different angles. But of all the works of art I saw during a recent two-week trip through Spain and Portugal this historiated corbel was definitely one of my favourites and, in a loose way, … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Gothic, heraldry, Middle Ages, Renaissance, sculpture
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Thirteenth-Century Floor Tiles at Cleeve Abbey (and elsewhere)
(Note to the reader: This post comes with a somewhat lenghty introduction which doesn’t have all that much to do with the rest of the post. So if you’re only interested in the part about the floor tiles, just skip … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, British Museum, Cistercians, Cleeve Abbey, England, floor tiles, Gothic, heraldry, Middle Ages, monastery
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L'Historien Errant 