Description
Jarrold Publishing, Norwich [Published date: 2001]. Softcover, 20 pp; illustrations; 24 cm. 2003 reprint. Series: Pitkin guides.
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In very good condition. Glossy pictorial stapled wraps with foliate head imagery; mild edge rubbing and light surface wear. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. A concise, fully illustrated introduction to the Green Man presenting the history, meaning, and medieval origins of the foliate head found throughout English churches. This Pitkin Guide examines the Green Man's associations with nature, rebirth, seasonal ritual, and medieval carving traditions, and highlights notable examples in cathedrals and parish churches across Britain. Illustrated throughout with photographs of stone and wood carvings, misericords, capitals, and decorative foliate masks. Contents include: The Mystery of the Green Man; Ancestral Faces; Lord of the Greenwood; Forest Demons; The Trickster in the Leaves; Suffering Souls; Lions and Dragons; Wild Men and Chimney Sweeps; Renaissance and Renewal; Green Messiah; In Quest of the Green Man.