Sunday, July 26, 2015

Norman Funny Farm: Outside the Fontaine-Henry Parish Church

So I went outside into the old but not deconsecrated cemetery and began looking up to the church roof, and voila! another mother-lode of Norman funnies, including some of the weirdest yet...
Thus
















And thus; and follows a selection...














































































Change of pace; Celtic?
















Stern
















Close friends
















Wagging tongue
















Hmmm...
















Ever more
















Another hmmm...
















More wagging
















The only comment in the church's scant description was this,
pretty much a scant description...I guess it's folly to hope to get
into the minds of those who conceived, ordered, designed, and
carved these critters 900 years ago; but don't worry, we're still in
Normandy, and there will be lots more!

1 comment:

Tawana said...

Still wondering about the significance of those carvings. Hmmm.