Having spent a fair amount of time staring at medieval
floors I can tell you that there are a great many animals to be found there.
Leopards, deer, griffins and all manner of other creatures were depicted upon floor
tiles. The most curious of them all, however, is the fish lurking amongst the
lions and foxes at Westminster.
Whilst the appearance of such a friendly piscine face is
undoubtedly peculiar, the explanations that have been offered to rationalise
its presence are even more so. Little has been said so far that is at all
convincing, and so the riddle of the Westminster fish continues to frustrate
and fascinate the bemused art historian.
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