 A Green Man roof boss from Dore Abbey, Herefordshire, England, no longer in its original position In architecture, a boss is a knob or protrusion of stone or wood, usually used in the ceilings of buildings, particularly at the intersection of a vault. Salisbury Cathedral, built c. ...
Salisbury Cathedral in the early morning light. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Abbey_Dore_painted_Green_Man. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Abbey_Dore_painted_Green_Man. ...
Dore Abbey, in Herefordshire, at grid reference SO387303, near the village of Abbey Dore is a former Cistercian Abbey. ...
Herefordshire is a traditional and ceremonial county and unitary district in the West Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. ...
St Mary Redcliffe is a great Anglican parish church in the City of Bristol, England. ...
Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...
A ceiling is the lower surface of a horizontal slab covering a room or internal space. ...
In architecture, a vault is an arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. ...
In Gothic architecture, such roof bosses (or ceiling bosses) were often intricately carved with foliage, heraldic devices or other decorations. Many feature animals, birds, or human figures or faces, sometimes realistic, but often grotesque: the Green Man is a frequent subject. See also Gothic art. ...
Heraldry is the science and art of designing, displaying, describing and recording coats-of-arms (also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms). Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their...
The Green Man is a symbol of uncertain origin and meaning, commonly employed as a decorative architectural device in the British Isles and many parts of continental Europe. ...
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