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Dear Brenda,
The Drei-Hasen-Fenster ('Three Hares Window') in Paderborn is early sixteenth-century and certainly medieval stylistically. It's located in the cathedral cloister. Some views:
http://tinyurl.com/cawbm2
http://tinyurl.com/ddmduu
A useful English-language discussion is available in .pdf from here (see links towards bottom):
http://tinyurl.com/e59tk
While we're at it, here's a page of slightly expandable views of Paderborn's cathedral:
http://tinyurl.com/decm7l
Best,
John Dillon
----- Original Message -----
On Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 5:25 pm, Brenda Cook wrote:
> The only thing I knew about Paderborn was that it has a carving of
> three
> hares running in a circle depicted so there are only three ears
> between them
> but each hare seems to have a proper pair. I have been told a) That
> this
> image is of Chinese origin & b) That it is a representation of the
> Holy
> Trinity.
>
> Does anyone know if this carving (which I did not spot in any of the
> above
> whistlestop tour) id mediaeval ?
>
> Brenda.
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