Mediaeval cathedrals are full of designs motifs and patterns that were all around man for thousands of years in the natural world inspiring some of the greatest art. Nature comes first, art follows.
All of these images are wholly natural and native and would have been familiar to all. Everyone would have known their own local names.
Chapter Houses in the great Minsters at York and Southwell are a botanical treasure trove.
And stone masons and wood carvers didn't need to look far for inspiration for carvings on misericords and gargoyles.
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