St Mary, Wroxham- Detail Of Norman Doorway

[poliphilo]

"Barbaric and glorious"

Comments

[sovay]

Thank you for this. It's a good thing to see at the top of my friendlist.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Do you think that figure at the bottom is a tumbler or a mermaid? I can't make up my mind.

[sovay]

I can't make up my mind.

It's probably a tumbler, because it has joints and the ends of the legs look more like feet than fins, but I saw it first as a mermaid, too. It's my bias.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Mine too...

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

I had it pegged for Norman ecclesiastical pornography / a somewhat underplayed Sheel-na-Gig, myself, but perhaps that's my bias...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I did wonder...

It's a third possibility.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.