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 York Minster, the Dragon's HeadNo-one knows the purpose of the dragon's head which protrudes high from the left hand wall of the nave. One suggestion has it that, because it is on a pivot and has a hole through its neck, it was originally used as the mechanism for raising the font cover. A chain would have passed through the hole and by raising the dragon's head the font cover would be lifted so that baptism could take place.
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