Jim
Many thanks for your response, and for the amusing
suggestion viz-a-vis cartoons. Perhaps I should put a
research proposal together!
I'll look up the references you sent: this list has given
me a lot to do, in a very few days!
Maybe the Owls in the freeze at The Vyne are just whimsies,
as Walpole thought, but the freeze is filled with green men
and other creatures of heraldic and Christian signficance,
so I like to think they have some more profound
significance, and the family who dwelt at The Vyne were
known neither for their levity, or for their immense
wealth. I don't think the Sandys could have afforded
whimsical carvings, not with having to put up Henry VIII
and his wives on a not infrequent basis! Perhaps the carver
has a sense of humour, however!
Regards
Graham.
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> Owls crop up quite often in the works of Hieronymus Bosch,
> particularly his drawings, where they are sometimes related to "folk
> sayings"; see the book on his drawings by van Beuningen, amongst
> others.
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
> PS I am not a believer in the premise that animals *always* have
> symbolic significance. If one believed that, some hilarious analyses
> could be made of current children's cartoons.
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