Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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Page 39
... tongue . mouth - pullers , tongue - protruders , tress - pull- ers , musicians and others in the same breath as sexual exhibitionists , and it may seem far- fetched to equate the former ( who only seem to be making the kind of rude ...
... tongue . mouth - pullers , tongue - protruders , tress - pull- ers , musicians and others in the same breath as sexual exhibitionists , and it may seem far- fetched to equate the former ( who only seem to be making the kind of rude ...
Page 102
... tongue into a man's anus , a scene paralleled in the same city , at Santa Maria del Sar , by a man doing the same thing to an animal . At San Michele , in Pavia , a dragon sticks its snout up a person's backside ; and two flanking ...
... tongue into a man's anus , a scene paralleled in the same city , at Santa Maria del Sar , by a man doing the same thing to an animal . At San Michele , in Pavia , a dragon sticks its snout up a person's backside ; and two flanking ...
Page 103
... tongue needs no inquest ( Fig . 45 ) . Protruded , it has today become only a mild insult , but the tongue , like the genitals , was once a target for hellish beasts ( Fig . 46 ) . Luxuria suckling snakes at La Charité - sur - Loire is ...
... tongue needs no inquest ( Fig . 45 ) . Protruded , it has today become only a mild insult , but the tongue , like the genitals , was once a target for hellish beasts ( Fig . 46 ) . Luxuria suckling snakes at La Charité - sur - Loire is ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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