A painted and carved sculpture, West Country, possibly Devon, circa 1500 Of a sow boar, a pair of piglets beneath her belly, on a later oak stand, 53cm high (excluding stand) Fußnoten The image of a sow with suckling piglets is sometimes found in churches and relates to a story that St Brannock (or Brannoc), who was trying - but failing - to build a church, finally had a dream that he should build a church where he came across a sow feeding a litter of piglets. Its presence in a church, therefore, is seen to denote that it is a divinely chosen place. St Brannock was a Christian saint associated with the village of Braunton, Devon in the 6th century. A roof boss in the church of Braunton is carved with the same subject.
A painted and carved sculpture, West Country, possibly Devon, circa 1500 Of a sow boar, a pair of piglets beneath her belly, on a later oak stand, 53cm high (excluding stand) Fußnoten The image of a sow with suckling piglets is sometimes found in churches and relates to a story that St Brannock (or Brannoc), who was trying - but failing - to build a church, finally had a dream that he should build a church where he came across a sow feeding a litter of piglets. Its presence in a church, therefore, is seen to denote that it is a divinely chosen place. St Brannock was a Christian saint associated with the village of Braunton, Devon in the 6th century. A roof boss in the church of Braunton is carved with the same subject.
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