Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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... snakes ; other bifid mermaids bitten by snakes can be found at Bari ( south door of the façade of Sta . Nicolà ; a centaur twined with snakes is close by ) and San Giovanni - in - Borgo ( a capital now in the municipal museum ) . A ...
... snakes ; other bifid mermaids bitten by snakes can be found at Bari ( south door of the façade of Sta . Nicolà ; a centaur twined with snakes is close by ) and San Giovanni - in - Borgo ( a capital now in the municipal museum ) . A ...
Page 67
... snakes . A Roll from Bari shows this scene , while another from the Casa Natense Library in Rome depicts Terra suck- ling a bullock and a stag . Yet others have Terra sitting beneath the Hand of God , suckling lions or does . cover of c ...
... snakes . A Roll from Bari shows this scene , while another from the Casa Natense Library in Rome depicts Terra suck- ling a bullock and a stag . Yet others have Terra sitting beneath the Hand of God , suckling lions or does . cover of c ...
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... snakes is at the austere edifice of Bernay , possibly carved before 1070. At Amboise a man entwined with snakes stands beside a tornatrice and a human - headed fish ; and at Souillac a naturalistic pair of naked men , each with a hand ...
... snakes is at the austere edifice of Bernay , possibly carved before 1070. At Amboise a man entwined with snakes stands beside a tornatrice and a human - headed fish ; and at Souillac a naturalistic pair of naked men , each with a hand ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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