Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesRoutledge, 2013 M04 15 - 168 pages Sexually explicit sculptures may be found on a number of medieval churches in France and Spain. This fascinating study examines the origins and purposes of these sculptures, viewing them not as magical fertility symbols, nor even as idols of ancient pre-Christian religions, but as serious works that dealt with the sexual customs and salvation of medieval folk, and thus gave support to the Church's moral teachings. |
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... biting man's testicle and megaphallic demon standing on a 'soul' at Villers-Saint-Paul 50. Baubo in the Copenhagen Museum; mother-goddess and toad-goddess 51. Sainte-Radegonde, Poitiers: a most explicit exhibitionist 52. Kilpeck foliage ...
... biting man's testicle and megaphallic demon standing on a 'soul' at Villers-Saint-Paul 50. Baubo in the Copenhagen Museum; mother-goddess and toad-goddess 51. Sainte-Radegonde, Poitiers: a most explicit exhibitionist 52. Kilpeck foliage ...
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... bite her ears 33. Toulouse Museum: from Oô, an explicit femme aux serpents 34. Barret: femme aux serpents and anthropophagous monster 35. Tuscania, San Pietro: Hortus Deliciarum, scene of Hell 36. Lucheux: combined homme aux serpents ...
... bite her ears 33. Toulouse Museum: from Oô, an explicit femme aux serpents 34. Barret: femme aux serpents and anthropophagous monster 35. Tuscania, San Pietro: Hortus Deliciarum, scene of Hell 36. Lucheux: combined homme aux serpents ...
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... biting horse's head, has been traced with precision by Françoise Henry, from the coastal area of Saintonge into Ireland. Not only does beakhead and horse's head decoration confirm the date of sheelas, it also provides a clue to the ...
... biting horse's head, has been traced with precision by Françoise Henry, from the coastal area of Saintonge into Ireland. Not only does beakhead and horse's head decoration confirm the date of sheelas, it also provides a clue to the ...
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Contents
The Romanesque background | |
The entertainers | |
Mermaids centaurs and other hybrid monsters | |
La femme aux serpents lhomme aux serpents and lavare | |
Disgust for the flesh | |
Rude gestures and ruder postures | |
More female exhibitionists | |
The distribution of sexual carvings | |
Exhibitionists and Folklore | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography | |
Gazetteer | |
Index | |
Other editions - View all
Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches Anthony Weir,James Jerman No preview available - 2016 |
Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches Anthony Weir,James Jerman No preview available - 1986 |
Common terms and phrases
acrobats Andersen apes apotropaic Archingeay archivolt Audignon Aulnay Auvergne Baubo beakhead beard beasts Beatus bite Blesle Brioude Calvados capital carvings Castle Cathedral centaur Cervatos Champagnolles Chanteuges Charente Charente-Maritime Châteaumeillant Christian churches Classical Compostela concupiscence corbel table corbels couples Courpière decoration demons devil evil exhibitionists feet-to-ears female exhibitionist femme aux serpents figures foliage-spewers France Frómista genitals Gironde Givrezac hair hand head Hell Herefordshire Ireland Irish Italy ithyphallic Jerman Kilpeck Lavaudieu London lust Luxuria male exhibitionist masks masons medieval megaphallic male mermaids miser Moissac monks monster motifs mouth-puller Museum Navarra Offaly pair Palencia penis phallic phalloi Photo pilgrimage pilgrims Plate Poitiers pulling Puy-de-D6me Pyrénées-Atlantiques Roman Romanesque art Saint Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes Saint-Palais Saint-Savinien Saintonge San Quirce Santiago scene sculpture sexual exhibitionists sheela sheela-na-gig Shobdon showing Shropshire snakes Spain splay-legged squatting stone suckling symbolism thorn-puller Tipperary toads tongue tongue-puller Tugford twelfth century tympanum Vézelay Vienne Vouvant vulva woman women Zodiaque