Germanic Animal Motifs in Romanesque Sculpture Author(s): George Zarnecki Source: Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 11, No. 22 (1990), pp. 189-203 Published by: IRSA s.c. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1483405 . Accessed: 02/08/2013 17:24 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. IRSA s.c. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Artibus et Historiae. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 192.215.101.254 on Fri, 2 Aug 2013 17:24:36 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions GEORGEZARNECKI Germanic Animal Motifs in Romanesque Sculpture In memory of my dear friend Jan Bialostocki A very fine chalice-shaped Romanesque font in St. Cassi- ing similar motifs and a fairly similar style within the two dio- an's church at Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, is decorated ceses of Hereford and Worcester between c. 1130 and c. 1160. with a variety of interlace ornament carved in horizontal bands In my doctoral thesis of 1950, I suggested that the building of along the rim, the nodus, and the base [Fig. 1]. Below the rim, Shobdon Priory provided an opportunity for a pilgrimage by the there are four fierce monsters shown in profile, baring their sharp principal sculptor to Santiago de Compostela, and that the jour- teeth and with one leg up and the other down, to imply the crea- ney through Aquitaine was particularly fruitful for the decoration tures' rapid movement.