Carved boss from the second bay of the nave vault of Norwich Cathedral, depicting Noah’s ark at sea with its complement of animals. The photograph was taken sideways, from the clerestory. The ark is fortified and has three decks from which Noah and his family, and the various creatures, look out to sea. On the topmost deck are three sections. In the nearest, to the left, are three squabbling monkeys; in the centre are nine birds with very long beaks. To the right, obscured in this shot, is an el
