historian Susan Andrew discusses the intriguing image of three hares running in a circle, and sharing ears which form a triangle in the centre of the design, a motif to be found in the sacred places of three major religions between the sixth and the eighteenth centuries; the motif is a puzzle, for although each creature is depicted with two ears, between them there are only three
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Three Hares: the Cross-cultural Journey of a Medieval Motif
historian Susan Andrew discusses the intriguing image of three hares running in a circle, and sharing ears which form a triangle in the centre of the design, a motif to be found in the sacred places of three major religions between the sixth and the eighteenth centuries; the motif is a puzzle, for although each creature is depicted with two ears, between them there are only three
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Three Hares: the Cross-cultural Journey of a Medieval Motif
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