Sheila-na-gig

[poliphilo]

But one doesn't visit Kilpeck for the Castle; one goes for the church- which is a perfect- and virtually unrestored- little jewel-box of Romanesque architecture- featuring the finest surviving collection of carvings by the Hereford school of masons.

And if one is any kind of a pagan one is particularly drawn to this particular corbel...



P.S. I had always thought the figure was bald, but looking closely at this picture- which takes you closer to her than you can get in actuality- it seems to me as if she has a kind of fright wig of sticky-out hair.

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Sheila- na- gig photo

[(Anonymous)]

Tony, that is a fabulous picture, and quite strange for me because I've just finished reviewing a book based around a Sheila-na-gig, and I did wonder what one of them might look like. It's very striking and lewd. Good find. I was actually looking for you Tony as I'm cleaning out a lot of old writing and notes material today and came across stuff that Kathy Hunter had sent me, Kathy who disappeared.
Rebecca Lloyd.

Re: Sheila- na- gig photo

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I got a message from Kathy a few years back. I forget what it said but clearly it wasn't very revealing or I'd have remembered. I replied- and then she disappeared again.

The Carriage House Review was quite a good little magazine while it lasted, don't you think?