Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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... beard - pullers 20 Anguipedal woman at Poitiers , Notre- Dame - la - Grande 53 21 Semur - en - Brionnais : megaphallic atlas and a femme aux serpents 52 Oloron - Sainte - Marie : mouth - pullers La Sauve - Majeure : acrobatic beard ...
... beard - pullers 20 Anguipedal woman at Poitiers , Notre- Dame - la - Grande 53 21 Semur - en - Brionnais : megaphallic atlas and a femme aux serpents 52 Oloron - Sainte - Marie : mouth - pullers La Sauve - Majeure : acrobatic beard ...
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... beard , and a woman suckling toads with snakes crawling into her ears ( Valin 1976 ) ( see Plates 2 and 32 ) . Alternatively , she stands in a single composition , as on the Vézelay capital ( Fig . 24 ) ; here she tears at one breast in ...
... beard , and a woman suckling toads with snakes crawling into her ears ( Valin 1976 ) ( see Plates 2 and 32 ) . Alternatively , she stands in a single composition , as on the Vézelay capital ( Fig . 24 ) ; here she tears at one breast in ...
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... Beard - pullers are comparatively rare , and the motif , which does not have any Classical ante- cedents , was not popular after the twelfth century ( Plates 51 and 53 ) . As a secondary male sexual characteristic the beard ...
... Beard - pullers are comparatively rare , and the motif , which does not have any Classical ante- cedents , was not popular after the twelfth century ( Plates 51 and 53 ) . As a secondary male sexual characteristic the beard ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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