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Title: The grotesque in church art
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Wildridge, Thomas Tindall
Subjects: Grotesque Christian art and symbolism Church decoration and ornament
Publisher: London, W. Andrews & co.
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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THE END OF TIIK A LB-WIPE, I.UDI.ow. grin he welcomes the latest addition to the collection ofevil-doers within. To the right are the usual gaping jaws ofHells Mouth, into which are disappearing two nude females,who, we may suppose, are other ale-wifes not more meritoriousthan the lady of the horned head dress. To the left is theRecording Imp. There is allusion in a copy of the Chester Mystery of io4 THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ART. Christs Descent into Hell, among the Harleian MSS., to anale-wife of Chester, which doubtless suggested this carving.This lady, a little-trust and a cheater in her day, lamentshaving to dwell among the fiends ; she endeavours to pro-pitiate one of them by addressing him as My Sweet Master
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THE FEMALE DRAWBR, AM. SOULS, oXKRI) Sir Sattanas, who returns the compliment by calling her his dear darling. She announces that :— Some lyme I was a tavernere,A gentill gossipe and a tapstere,Of wyne and ale a trustie brewer, Which wo hath me wroughte.Of Cannes I kepte no trewe measuerMy cuppes I soulde at my pleasuer,Deceaving manye a creature, Tho my ale were naughte. ALE AND THE ALE-WIFE. 105 The Devil then delivers a short speech, which is one ofthe earliest temperance addresses on record. He says :— Welckome, dere ladye, I shall thee wedd,For many a heavye and droncken headCause of thy ale were broughte to bedFarre worse than anye beaste. There is an old saying pull Devil, pull Bakerconnected with the representation of a baker who sold hisbread short of weight, and was carried to the lower regionsin his own basket ; the ale-wife, of our carving, however. does not appear to have retained anypower of resistance, however slightor ineffectual. At All Souls, Oxford, there is ago

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