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:

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

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  2. oh !

    i must read it then

    thanx for the clue

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