Grotesque upper head

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N-O5e

Mid-sixteenth-century

Half of a creatures head with small rounded ears and well defined eyes. The effect of the boss is of something peering over a wall to stare down at the viewer. 

The exaggeration of the eyes give the impression of something always watching from above. This boss could be a depiction of a demon to warn the medieval viewer against transgressive behaviour.

The nave ceiling was repainted in 1865.

 

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