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A HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE St. George and the Dragon. The figure of the lady whom the saint is rescuing is seen between the forepaws of the dragon. The capitals of the columns from which the four vaulting ribs of the roof of the apse spring are sculptured with the Temptation of Adam and Eve, a pair of doves, grotesque heads, and foliage. The boss where the vaulting ribs meet at the top has upon it a medallion enclosing the Agnus Dei. Wirkyworth. There is in the church here a rectangular stone sculptured with the figure of a man holding a basket in his right hand and a hoe in the left. Perhaps this may be one of a series symbolising the twelve months by the occupations characteristic of the different times of the year, as on the Norman fonts at Brookland in Kent and Burnham Deepdale in Norfolk. 1 Having now described the various examples of Norman sculpture in Derbyshire we are able to give a list of the subjects which occur upon them. Subjecti Temptation of Adam and Eve Christ seized by the Jews(?) . . . . Crucifixion Agnus Dei Lion of St. Mark . . . Bishop with crozier . . Bishop with cross Bishop with crozier and cross SainU St. George and the Dragon St. Margaret and the Dragon (?) . . . . Man on horseback Huntsman on horseback . Localities Steetley Bakewell. Heath, Normanton, Bolsover. Hognaston, Norman- ton, Panvich, Steet- ley, Tissington. Bakewell. Hognaston. Heath. Ault Hucknall. Ashover. Ault Hucknall, Stcetley. Ault Hucknall. Mellor. Kedleston. Subjects Pair of men with akimbo. arms Pair of men .... Tree with beast on each side. Monster swallowing man Monster with one head and two bodies Stag Boar . . . Beasts Bird* Serpents Beak-heads 1 COT, Churches of Derbyshire, ii. 553. Localities Tissington (on both font and tympanum), Findern. Normanton. Ashford - in- the- Water, Swarkestone. Bradbourne, Tissington. Steetley. Parwich. Ashford - in- the-Water, Parwich. Bradbourne, Duffield, Shirley, Mellor, Whitwell, Parwich, Hognaston, Ault Hucknall. Steetley, Bradbourne, Duffield, Shirley, Tissington. Parwich. Bakewell, Long Eaton, Steetley, Kedleston. 2 9 2