Explicit corbels
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| *[[Colegiata de San Pedro de Cervatos]], [[Cantabria]] | *[[Colegiata de San Pedro de Cervatos]], [[Cantabria]] | ||
| *Romanesque church at [[Ujué]], Spain | *Romanesque church at [[Ujué]], Spain | ||
| - | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Couple_homosexuel_%28%C3%A9glise_de_Maillezais%29.png?uselang=fr] | + | *[[Couple homosexuel]] (église de [[Maillezais]])[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Couple_homosexuel_%28%C3%A9glise_de_Maillezais%29.png?uselang=fr] |
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| *[[Corbel]] | *[[Corbel]] | ||
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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 in some cases "of these [corbels], one quarter are obscene, ..."[1].
Examples
- Elne Cathedral, Elne, Pyrénées-Orientales
- Eglise Saint-André, Ruffec, Charente
- Église Saint-Étienne de Macqueville, Charente-Maritime
- Colegiata de San Pedro de Cervatos, Cantabria
- Romanesque church at Ujué, Spain
- Couple homosexuel (église de Maillezais)[2]
See also
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