This week, Ed has nominated ‘Faces’ as the theme for Sunday Stills. I have chosen a few characters who hang around Santiago di Compostella. I am sure they won’t mind too much having their face plastered all over the internet. They stand and gaze at the pilgrims in wonder and have been doing so for a long time.
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Wonderful faces! Tom The Backroads Traveller
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Hi Tom, Thanks. I was attempting to comment on your charcasters but the sign in process has turned strange and is blocking me. So – apologies.
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They are beautiful, Francesca. I’d love to see them in person, too, someday. xxxx
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i am sure these wondeful faces were modelled on real people- so expressive for medieval works.
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Frantastic faces! I love the detail – the coquilles on the hat, the tight curls on the amazed face and the teeth just peeking out from the last one (a leper? couldn’t tell, but it looks like his nose and two of his fingers are a bit odd).
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Yes, Perhaps a leper, I can see that now. Certainly needs a dentist.
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Your images brought a smile to my face Francesca. These guys look like regular people you would meet on the street, sculptured by a very sure hand and little affected by erosion too. Are they all from the one piece?
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They were most likely by the same hand. Sculpted from real folk for sure. The ‘characters’ were from one building, the one of Saniago, another. He looks like a handsome devil!!! Thanks for jolting the brain.
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What great expressions! 😀
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Yes, so realistic.
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Great choice for the face theme! Love the expressions and your caption 🙂
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Thanks Amy- they are characters, although a little stony faced.
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It’s incredible! They look like real persons!
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They really do!
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I’ve also been to Santiago di Compostella and recall fondly the scallop shells everywhere. Of course, we bought a tacky souvenir shell home with us and it hangs near out door upstairs as a bit of a good luck talisman. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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I had a shell souvenir too, although it was lost in the bushfire. I was so pleased that these photos were on a disc in my son’s house, as they were taken in 2008. after Siena, Santiago di Compostella is a firm favourite. Wet and celtic. Loved it. Have to go back there one day.
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