French, probably Southern, 12th/ 13th century

together with a French or English, 12th-century limestone capital with two monks' heads

French Green Man: There are losses around the edge of the relief and to the nose. There is wear, weathering, and dirt consistent with age and placement outside. There are a few drips of paint to the surface. Two Monks Heads: There is wear, weathering, and dirt consistent with age and placement outside. There are losses to two corners of the lower edge of the captial and to the chin of one of the figures on the capital.
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LITERATURE
Forty Medieval Carvings from the Collection of Richard Wiseman, cat.no.3

RELATED LITERATURE
P. Williamson, Catalogue of Romanesque sculpture, London, 1983, pp. 58-59, cat. 26; M. Thurlby, The Herfordshire school of Romanesque sculpture, Logaston, 1999, pp. 51-67