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The Mermaid (fr: Sirène; it: Serena)
IN FRANCE
St-Pierre de la Bouïsse, St-Côme-d'Olt (Lot Valley)
Link to a mermaid capital at Cunault - the photo is one of a large collection put together by Julianna Lees' on her Picasa Web photo pages - she also has a site devoted to green men
Basilique St-Julien-de-Brioude
A Siren Capital rescued by Viollet le-Duc during 1800s restorations and now in the rarely open museum at Vézelay
Notre Dame de Villefranche-de-Rouergue
More to come ......
IN ITALY
Photo © Holly Hayes, Sacred Destinations
Byzantine floor mosaic (c500), Cattedrale di Pesaro (le Marche)
Floor mosaic (c1150), Cattedrale di Santa Maris Annunciata, Otranto (Puglia)
A bicaudal merman from the magnificent Cattedrale di San Valentino, Bitonto (Puglia)
IN BRITAIN
The mermaid holds a mirror in her right hand, and would have been holding a comb in her left (like her French sister above)
St Laurence, Ludlow (Shropshire) - Misericord 1430 - 1450
More to come ......
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