{"id":14264,"date":"2020-07-03T13:15:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T12:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/?p=14264"},"modified":"2020-07-11T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T10:53:54","slug":"curious-carvings-from-narnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/curious-carvings-from-narnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious carvings&#8230;..from Narnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aslan-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14268 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aslan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aslan-1.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aslan-1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aslan-1-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CARVINGS of Aslan the Lion, Mr Tumnus, and the White Witch are among characters from CS Lewis\u2019s Chronicles of Narnia chosen for the restoration of a medieval church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The limestone figures will be situated in the northern side of the clerestory at the Grade I listed St Mary\u2019s, Beverley, in East Yorkshire, as part of a \u00a310-million refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The church, founded 900 years ago this year, was described as \u201cone of the most beautiful parish churches of England\u201d by the architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Vicar of St Mary\u2019s, the Revd Becky Lumley, said: \u201cWe needed to replace the original carvings, which were so weathered we had no evidence of what was there. We wanted to create a scheme that connected to our contemporary culture and also had a focus of being\u00a0missional, connecting with the Christian story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Art students at the East Riding College, Beverley, were asked to create their own designs inspired by the church\u2019s numerous carvings of real and mythical animals, including a 14th-century carving of a rabbit said to be the inspiration for Lewis Carroll\u2019s White Rabbit. One of the students, Mel Watkins, made a drawing of Mr Tumnus the faun, which convinced the project team to commission 14 Narnia-themed carvings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were designed by the sculptor Kibby Schaefer, whose husband, Matthias Garn, is the church\u2019s master mason. The carvings are due to be fixed to the clerestory this autumn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lewis, despite his popular apologetic writings, denied that Narnia novels were intended as a Christian allegory, but admitted that they reflected Christian themes and the incarnation of Christ.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can read<\/span> more <a href=\"https:\/\/stmarysbeverley.org\/heritage\/narnia\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARVINGS of Aslan the Lion, Mr Tumnus, and the White Witch are among characters from CS Lewis\u2019s Chronicles of Narnia chosen for the restoration of a medieval church. 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