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Susan's St. Levan's hats: http://nauplion.net/levan-hats.html
DW
Susan Hoyle wrote:
>
>I have been staring at the carvings in St Levan church again (St Levan, west
>Cornwall), and have found a pair of wyverns on a pew end (which I'm sure
>have been noted before) -- and also a possible wyvern head at the end of a long
>cap on a young man's head.
>
>The number of wyverns in this little church (there are many on the
>roodscreen) is leading me to wonder whether there is some direct heraldic purpose in
>its depiction. Does anyone know where I could look further into the
>symbolism?
>
>Would someone tell me what to call a cap with a long tail (which could
>double as a scarf?)?
>
>And is it common to put symbols at the end of these caps?
>
>
>Susan
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