"It was a fox's head that beckoned me towards Christ though I didn't know it at the time. I was at the foot of the west front at Wells Cathedral looking up at all the intricate detail and wondering what was the motivation behind this beautiful work. In the spring of 1979 I landed a job there conserving the carvings and I was able to confirm my suspicions.

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The detail didn't falter in quality right up to the tiny fox's head perched on a pinnacle one hundred feet up. There was no need to carve in such detail so high that it couldn't be seen from the ground. The only conclusion I could arrive at was that the carvers were not only carving for our benefit but to the glory of their God."

Laurence Tindall