Chapter 8

Abdominal Mask,91Abingdon,18,72,218, andPrefaceAboo-Simbel Trinity,177Abydos Trinity,177Acanthus,149-50,214Adam,61,62,74;and Eve,112,120Adam Clarke,74Adel, Yorkshire,127Adonai,168Adonis,168Adoration, the,113-5Ælian,50Æsculapius,42Æsop’s Fables,196Africa,66Agni,178Aix-la-Chapelle,46Akori,178Alcock, Bishop,10,92,173Ale and the Alewife,99-105Alewife,97Alehouses,99Ale-taster,100Alexander,71Alexandria,34All Souls, Oxford,71,76,104-5,150-1Alraun images,28Altar of the Sun,37-39Ambarvalia,48American Arms,179American-Indian mythology,159American-Indian Trinity,177Amman, Justus,188Ammon,42,72,158Amun-Ra,177Ancient Mysteries described,180Ancient Worships,27-59,64-77,152-3,157-168,175-183Angel Choir, Lincoln,3,9Angel (coin),47Angels,63Animal Musicians,152-6Animal symbolism,35Anthony pig, the,154Anuka,178Archers,205,209-10Ape, the,59,28-9,145,152,156,192-4,198,201,203,207-10,214Aphrodite,168Apocryphal New Testament, the,60,112Apollo,21,46,162,165April,141Apuleius,41Architectural Museum, Tufton Street, the,12,167,169,174Arimanes,176Arles, the Council of,29Arma palantes,173Arthur, King,69Artistic quality of Church grotesques,19-23,61Art Journal, the,66Asir,45Assyrian myth,34,157,181Assyrians, no record of their humour,6Astronomical symbols a source of Gothic design,4,27-8,37-59,73,157-68,177Atahuata,177Aten,168Athor,111,157,167,177-8Athyr,167Attic figurines,28Auckland Castle,155Augsburgh, (?) Council of,30“Auld Clootie,”70“Auld Hornie,”70Aurva,53Avarice,87,91-95Averus (Horus),50Baalim,28Babylonian myth,34Bacon,142,154Bacchus,69,73,158Backbiter,82-84Badger Grimbart,189,191-3Bagpipes,103,152,155Ba-it,178Baker,105Bakewell, Derbyshire,130-1Baldini and Boticelli,84Baptism of John, the,117-8Barton, Lincs.,174Basketsful of Children,63Bayle, a kind of dance,147Beakheads,125-6Bear Bruno,190-3Bear, the,152-156Beard, the,72Bedford,175Beehive of the Romishe Church,180Bellin the Ram,192Berkshire,18,72,125,129,218Bestiaries, the,73Beverley, Percy Shrine at,3;Carvings at,13,39,40,54,57,63,87,112,120-3,130,133-6,144,152,154-5,159,173,182,195-6,198-9,201-2,208-11Bhu,42Bible (as Old and New Testaments),176Biblia Pauperum,113Birch, Dr.,158Birds,4,9,22,38,39Bishop Foxes,199,203Bishops Stortford,109Blashill, Mr. Thomas,106Bo, Bo-tree. Bod, Bog, Boggart, Boivani, Bolay, Boo, Bouders, Boudons, Boroon, Bormania, Borr, Borvo, Bouljanus, Brog, Bug, Bugbear, Buggaboo, Buka,66,69Boar,139-40,152Boar’s Head,69,139Bodleian Library,16,63Bolton, Bishop,173Boston, Lincolnshire,195,196,202,208Boutell, Rev. C.,25Bow and arrow,162-5Boy (Bog),69Brahma,178Brahminic Trinity,178Breast, removal of,165Bridge, Kent,75Bridlington Priory Church, Yorks,15,210-1Bristol,196,208British Museum,62Bruno the Bear,190-3Buckle Mask,125Bull, the,41-2,72-3,85,88-9,91,159Bur,45Byzantine ideas,127Byzantium,35Caimis,50Calendarum Romanorum Magnum,141Calf,73Cama,50Cambridge,10,92,133Cambridgeshire,74Candlemas,42,140Canterbury,139Canting heraldry,173Caricature in part explained,3Carpenter, Mr. Edward,186Cartmel,180,196Carvers,9-18Cat, the,156,189,191,209Cat and Fiddle, the,39-43Cat-heads,126Caxton,170,188Cedranus,143-4Centaur,161-6Cerealia,48Ceres,72,153,158Cestus,165Chairs,141Châlons, Council of,143Chandra, Chandri,43Cherubim,73,159,161Chester,60,77,103,207,210Chichester,72,75,124,141,157,181,182,203Chiron the Centaur,162Chnoumis,178Chonso,177Christ,30,48,60-62,104,114-20Christchurch (Hants),21,33,172,184,202Christmas,139-40,144Chronicles, the Book of,176Church symbolism, expediency, etc.,31Ciaran (St.),162Clergy, the,97,111Cneph,177Cock, the,184,197-8,202-3Compound Forms,37,111,157-168Coney, the,193,204-5Conscience,170-1Constantinople, Council of,30;Byzantium,35Continuous group,149Conventional form a matter of development,3Corinthian Acanthus,149-50,214Corpus Christi Play,142-3Cosmographiæ Universalis,172Cotton MSS.,82,147Councils, Arles,29;Augsburgh (?),30;Constantinople,30;Frankfurt,30,99;Narbonne,30;Nicea,30;Orleans,29;Tours,30;Nice,36;Milan,36Coventry,60,142Cow, the,41Creators, Mythological,176-8Crescent, the,41,42Cripple,145,147Crocodile,44-5Crórásura,153Cross, the,43Crow and his wife, the,193,204-5Croziers,198,202Crusaders,47Culham, Berkshire,125Cupid,50,51,53-55Dance,40,43,144,147David, King,62Decorated Carvings,214-217Deer,140Definitions of the Grotesque,5-8De la Wich, Bishop,181Delft,188Derbyshire,130-1Design, Continuity of Gothic,4Detractors,82-3Devil and the Vices, the,78-98Devil, the,47,69,70,77,103-5Devils,63,119Diana,32,40-43,73Diapason, the,41Dillin pig, the,154Disc of the Sun,167-8Distaff,195Dog,5,19,21,40,42,142,159-60,189Domestic and Popular, the,134-151Donnington, Thomas (1520),174Dorchester Abbey, Oxon.,60,64-5,121-2,133,159-60Dragons,26,37,44-57,60,64-66,84,127,165,177,211Drake (dragon),47Druidical Tau,43-4Drum (Tabor),97Durer, Albert,61Durham,155Eagle, the,22,37,148,158-9,202Early English Carvings,214Eastern ideas,9-10,34-5Eden,73,76Edgeware,102Edward the Confessor,9Edward III.,17Edward IV.,49Egypt,34,43-45Egyptians, little record of their humour,6Egyptian myth, etc.,34,41-5,47-8,50-6,157-8,177-8Egyptian Trinities,177-8Eicton,177Elephantine Trinity,178Ely,74,80-1,84,105,166,195-6Equinoxes, the,175Eschol,171Esculapius,178Etchingham,196Evans, Mr. E. P.,35,85Evil, Images of,1,26,33Eve,62,74Ewelme, Oxon., Carvings at,1,65,67(not Dorchester),76,127-8,214Exeter,4,39,165,168,181Ezekiel,159Fable,186Fafnir the Dragon,46Fairford,195Fairies,66Falx, the,57Farnsham,65Fates, the,178Fauns,69Faversham, Kent,180,195,210Feast of Fools, the,143-7Feathered Angels,75-7Fecundity, Goddess of,66,72Fiddle,40,41,153Figurines aslares,28Finedon, Northamptonshire,125Fire,178Fish,182Flagellation,134Flanders, a church workshop,


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