Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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... twelfth century , built in triumph after this area was seized from the Moors . Past this church , under- neath the carved corbels which support the roof of the semi - circular apse , cattle pass early in the morning , with bells around ...
... twelfth century , built in triumph after this area was seized from the Moors . Past this church , under- neath the carved corbels which support the roof of the semi - circular apse , cattle pass early in the morning , with bells around ...
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... twelfth- century psalms of praise with musical accompa- niment , on which illustrations of Terra ( always decently clothed , but suckling various crea- tures ) appear opposite the line ' Let the earth rejoice ' . On the Byzantine ...
... twelfth- century psalms of praise with musical accompa- niment , on which illustrations of Terra ( always decently clothed , but suckling various crea- tures ) appear opposite the line ' Let the earth rejoice ' . On the Byzantine ...
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... century ; and earlier , at the beginning of the twelfth century , 1000 new pilgrims arrived in Santiago each day . There was so much traffic that special hospices and hospitals , mortuary chapels , churches and shrines were built all ...
... century ; and earlier , at the beginning of the twelfth century , 1000 new pilgrims arrived in Santiago each day . There was so much traffic that special hospices and hospitals , mortuary chapels , churches and shrines were built all ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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