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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
medieval erotica, Sheela na Gig, medieval bestiaries

A corbel is a architectural element jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. The erotic variety is discussed at length in the book Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches and the book notes that "of these [corbels], one quarter are obscene, ..."[1].

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