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This Is My GlasgowThis collection of rather weird and wonderful sculpted heads are carved onto the corbels of decorative arches over the entrances to a series of tenement closes on Killearn Street in the Possilpark area of Glasgow. As far as I know they're unique and I've not come across any simlar ones on other tenements elsewhere in the city (yet!). <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/grotesques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grotesques</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/greenman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greenman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tenement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowtenements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowtenements</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/possilpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#possilpark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecturephotography</a>

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This Is My GlasgowAnother of the unusual grotesques on Saint Mary's Episcopal Cathedral on Great Western Road in Glasgow. I'm fairly sure this one is relatively modern.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/grotesques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grotesques</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowchurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowchurches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpture</a>

This Is My GlasgowLove these grotesques on Saint Mary's Episcopal Cathedral on Great Western Road in Glasgow. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott and was built in the 1870s. I don't know if they're original or if they were added as part of relatively recent refurbishments, but there's a very similar grotesque on the main buildings of Glasgow University which were also designed by Gilbert Scott around the same time.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/grotesques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grotesques</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowchurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgowchurches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpture</a>

PetterOfCats🚨 infrequent reminder 🚨 a gargoyle is really only a gargoyle if it has a spout designed to convey water run off away from the building (like a gutter and for the exact same reasons we use gutters today).a grotesque is a decorative statue used as architectural accents frequently used in gothic designs. This can be on the wall, roof, etc.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gargoyles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gargoyles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/grotesques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grotesques</a>

greenpearThis is NOT a long-necked bird with the head of a king.No, it's much more than that.Arthurian novels. Français 95, f. 319ra<a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalMastodon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Medievalodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medievalodons</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Drollery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drollery</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Manuscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manuscripts</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IlluminatedManuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IlluminatedManuscript</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Grotesques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grotesques</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Marginalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marginalia</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalArt</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Book</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalHybrids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalHybrids</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Medievalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medievalist</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalManuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalManuscript</a>

greenpearOctopopeHours of Charles the Noble, f. 41r. c1405<a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalMastodon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Medievalodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medievalodons</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Drollery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drollery</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Manuscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manuscripts</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IlluminatedManuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IlluminatedManuscript</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Grotesques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grotesques</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Marginalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marginalia</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalArt</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Book</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalHybrids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalHybrids</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Medievalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medievalist</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MedievalManuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalManuscript</a>

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