Just through North Bar, Beverley, shown in yesterday's post, on the right are three timber framed buildings. One of them, which is now the Siam Lion restaurant, has a fascinating selection of carvings and sculptures on it's front.
Three of them are shown here. The ones on the right and left are obviously bishops, but I'm not sure who the central shot represents. So far my internet searches have revealed very little about these figures, so no history lesson today, I'm afraid!
Great shots of those three beautiful sculptures.
(As the succeed of frams is a big problem this will be the destination of a lot of farmhouses.. Often by horse lovers.)
The middle one could be the saint who converted the people of your area to Christianity. Three beautiful sculptures very nicely captured. I wonder why the bishop on the right's robe has an anchor on it.
Am very taken by these and particularly the hands of the bishops. I wonder if the central figure, looking at his clothing, is of an older tradition, perhaps St Peter or St Paul. Having said that, the carrying of a book suggests a later generation. Jury out?!
Thank you for your comment Margo. I haven't got any further with my research I'm afraid, but I think you could be right about St Peter or St Paul - even though books were more recent, it isn't unusual to see them in images of the disciples.
Ian
September 20th, 2016
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(As the succeed of frams is a big problem this will be the destination of a lot of farmhouses.. Often by horse lovers.)
Thank you all for your comments, they are very much appreciated.
I still haven't discovered much about these sculptures, but I did miss another sculpture on the roof of the next building - a red devil.
Ian
Thank you for your comment Margo. I haven't got any further with my research I'm afraid, but I think you could be right about St Peter or St Paul - even though books were more recent, it isn't unusual to see them in images of the disciples.
Ian