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| A Green Man - an ancient pagan fertility symbol - in the York Minster Chapter House. Obviously the advent of Christianity did not completely supersede England's pagan traditions! For probably the most famous 'Green Man' in literature, see the fourteenth century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. |
Friday 7 August 2015
Fancy a piece of York Minster?
York Minster is auctioning off various bits and pieces of stone and wood that were removed during recent conservation of the Great East Window: Stone and timber auction
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