The Graffiti of Folk Motifs in Cotswold Churches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8933311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doris Jones-Baker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-167 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1981.9716202 |
| OpenAlex | W2040111309 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In medieval times the interior of every church was an illuminated manual by which the illiterate could be taught the Faith, a gallery of saints on whom individual devotions could be concentrated... These were the visual aids by which the village priest brought home to an illiterate congregation the lessons that he wished to teach: biblical history, or ethics or devotion ... But the church served another purpose as well as these. It was a great picture book full of stories and jokes and country proverbs. And there was good magic in it too, to keep the Devil at bay, and to guard men travelling, and to make crops and flocks fertile ... Dr. Katharine Briggs The Folklore of the Cotswolds (1974) 1
Aesthetics · Art · Graffiti · Motif (music · Visual arts · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Medieval Literature and History
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |