Tuesday, August 19, 2008

dennington church in suffolk ... the sciapod, a desert creature from the medieval bestiary with enormous feet with which it shaded itself from the sun










































http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopods

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestiary

2 comments:

Lucy said...

Those are the monopods on Coriakin's island in 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'!

tristan said...

oh !

i must read it then

thanx for the clue