[Stones] Longman of Wilmington Abuse

Ric megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Jul 10 17:03:46 BST 2007


Hello,

changing the emphasis, slightly, does anyone on the
List know of any other 'double serpent' fonts within
the British Isles, please?

i think i saw one on Google Image once, but neglected
to bookmark it :-o

thanks,

Ric


--- littlestone <littlestone at supanet.com> wrote:

> "Try http://www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba77/feat2.shtml
> for a more 
> archaeological approach to the subject."
> 
> Yes, that's a good paper by R.H.
> 
> Just to muddy the waters even more - remembered the
> figure on the 12th century font in the church of St
> James in Avebury (this link might work
>
http://megalithicpoems.blogspot.com/2006/12/serpent-subduing-figure-on-12th.html
> ) and can't help wondering if this pose, with its
> Phoenician/Roman/Christian and possible 'Celtic'
> similarities, doesn't hark back to some lost
> prototype god/giant figure/myth - who knows.> 



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