St Issui's Church, Partrishow: detail at south end of rood screen (c 1500) of Irish oak showing a dragon (evil) consuming vines: a Christian metaphor.
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5200 x 3846 px | 44 x 32.6 cm | 17.3 x 12.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
May 1994Location:
St Issui's Church, Partrishow, Forest Coal Pit, nr Abergavenny, Powys, Wales, UKMore information:
St Issui's Church, Partrishow: detail of S end of late C15th (c 1500) rood screen of Irish oak showing a dragon consuming vines. A warning based on biblical metaphor: the vine a symbol of Christ and the Christian faith, the grapes of the Eucharist, the dragon of evil personified in Satan. Considered to be the finest surviving example of a Border screen.