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| Keywords: Kilpeck Details of Door Arch.jpg A scan from a 35mm transparency which I took at the exquisite Romanesque church of Saint Mary and Saint David in Kilpeck Herefordshire England in 1989 It shows a detail of the carvings on the arch above the south door depicting five linked serpents swallowing each other's tails a dragon swallowing its own tail and part of the linked outer border of lion heads above it The motif inside the ring is a curious lion-bird apparently a damaged winged lion's body repaired with a bird's head taken from elsewhere Carved during the mid 12th century AD late Norman period by an unknown sculptor of the Herfordshire School Own 13 49 23 November 2005 UTC SiGarb This scan is in the Public Domain however I retain ownership and copyright of the original transparency and any higher-resolution scans derived from it If you use the photo outside Wikipedia a photographer's credit Simon Garbutt would be appreciated Norman sculptures in England Norman arches in England Romanesque reliefs of lions Kilpeck church winged snakes Ouroboros | ||||
