Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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Page 49
... apes and embracing couples ) , Barletta , several churches round Soria , Saint - Fort - sur - Gironde , La Sauve- Majeure and elsewhere . At Aulnay she takes on a male face . As bird - women the sirens played a dual role : they tried to ...
... apes and embracing couples ) , Barletta , several churches round Soria , Saint - Fort - sur - Gironde , La Sauve- Majeure and elsewhere . At Aulnay she takes on a male face . As bird - women the sirens played a dual role : they tried to ...
Page 99
... apes . ence would be significant to medieval people ; the context in which they are found , the com- pany of attacking snakes and beasts , e.g. at San Isidoro and Nuestra Señora del Mercado in León , Saint - Gaudens , Morláas , San ...
... apes . ence would be significant to medieval people ; the context in which they are found , the com- pany of attacking snakes and beasts , e.g. at San Isidoro and Nuestra Señora del Mercado in León , Saint - Gaudens , Morláas , San ...
Page 157
... Apes and ape - lore in the Middle Ages , Warburg Institute , London 1952 Jerman , J.A. The ' sheela - na - gig ' carvings of the Br . Isles , Co. Louth Archaeol . and Hist . Soc . Journal , Dundalk 1981 - Simulation or dissimulation ...
... Apes and ape - lore in the Middle Ages , Warburg Institute , London 1952 Jerman , J.A. The ' sheela - na - gig ' carvings of the Br . Isles , Co. Louth Archaeol . and Hist . Soc . Journal , Dundalk 1981 - Simulation or dissimulation ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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