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The confronted, intertwined animals (in this case w/ bear-like heads) certainly have parallels in #earlymedieval art of various media in Britain and the Continent. (Images: French MS G.57 fol. 4v; Lindisfarne Gospels fol. 139r; 8th-9th c decorated whale bone plaque from Norway). https://t.co/YRf9P1OImc
And another St Wystan's, Repton (Derbys.) example owing to its interesting findspot. Here's a cross-shaft frag found upside-down in excavations to E of crypt in 1979, in a feature that turned out to be an 11th or early 12th c pit. #SculptureInExcavation