blemyan.

/ˈblɛmɪə/

Forms: Usually in plural blemyae.

Etymology: < Latin Blem(m)yae, < Greek Βλέμυες, an Ethiopian people, ‘acc. to the fable (Mel. 8), without head and eyes, and with the mouth in the breast’ (Lewis and Short).

A type of medieval carved image (see quot. 1915).

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antic1532

Our Lady Piety1533

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antiquary1573

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Pietàc1660

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blemya1915

Lincoln imp1926

1915 G. C. Druce in Archaeological Jrnl. 72 138 A pair of Blemyae are carved as wing-subjects upon one of the misericords in Norwich cathedral church... Each of them is represented as a headless man with his face upon his breast.

1955 M. D. Anderson Imagery Brit. Churches iii. xiii. 182 The Blemyae, whose faces are in their stomachs, are carved upon misericords at Ripon and in Norwich Cathedral.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	blemya
释义	blemyan. /ˈblɛmɪə/ Forms: Usually in plural blemyae. Etymology: < Latin Blem(m)yae, < Greek Βλέμυες, an Ethiopian people, ‘acc. to the fable (Mel. 8), without head and eyes, and with the mouth in the breast’ (Lewis and Short). A type of medieval carved image (see quot. 1915). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > group or spec. subject antic1532 Our Lady Piety1533 drapery1552 antiquary1573 urn1653 story1657 Pietàc1660 gigantomachy1820 set piece1846 terminal1865 wheatear1882 protome1886 protoma1894 koruru1897 blemya1915 Lincoln imp1926 1915 G. C. Druce in Archaeological Jrnl. 72 138 A pair of Blemyae are carved as wing-subjects upon one of the misericords in Norwich cathedral church... Each of them is represented as a headless man with his face upon his breast. 1955 M. D. Anderson Imagery Brit. Churches iii. xiii. 182 The Blemyae, whose faces are in their stomachs, are carved upon misericords at Ripon and in Norwich Cathedral. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1915
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