Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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Page 10
... evil , the maleficent glance of the Evil Eye . They are protective , tutelary , apotropaic . Perhaps we do not like to admit it , say the adherents of this theory , but most of us cling to superstitious practices . With a wry smile we ...
... evil , the maleficent glance of the Evil Eye . They are protective , tutelary , apotropaic . Perhaps we do not like to admit it , say the adherents of this theory , but most of us cling to superstitious practices . With a wry smile we ...
Page 36
... evil engaged in combat . The commentaries on the Book of Revelation by the monk Beatus of Liébana in northern Spain , known as Beatus manuscripts for short , gave rise to a more complex symbolism , involv- ing , for instance , the ...
... evil engaged in combat . The commentaries on the Book of Revelation by the monk Beatus of Liébana in northern Spain , known as Beatus manuscripts for short , gave rise to a more complex symbolism , involv- ing , for instance , the ...
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... evil by evil . And of course everywhere the great Judgment Day tympana take up half of their Plate 36 Lucheux ( Somme ) : combined homme aux serpents and miser . space with the punishment of sinners . One predominant thought emerges ...
... evil by evil . And of course everywhere the great Judgment Day tympana take up half of their Plate 36 Lucheux ( Somme ) : combined homme aux serpents and miser . space with the punishment of sinners . One predominant thought emerges ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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