Two capitals at Passirac (Charente)
One is a scene somewhat similar to that at Kirknewton...
- a man grasps a woman's upper thigh and she grasps his huge erection,
while a bearded, human-faced lion attacks the man...
and a bicorporeal, snake-tongued lion paws the woman.
Compare thisa capital with an interior capital at Santillana del Mar
(Santander)
where a man palpates a woman's breast while she manipulates his enormous
virile member.
(after Cooke and García)
The other capital depicts a man afflicted by
concupiscence and being warned by heavenly hornblowers,
like those at Brioude
.
Thirty years later...
photo © Joël
Jalladeau
Compare the above with two corbels at Moulins-sur-Yèvre (Cher)
where one figure sounds the Last Trump in the direction of a sinner being
devoured by the jaws of Hell...
...while at Lasvaux, Martel (Lot), the horn-blower blasts at a (broken)
megaphallic exhibitionist...
..and at Bourbon-l'Archambault (Allier) two hornblowers mounted on rams
direct their blasts towards a devilish figure with raised skirts.
Other capitals in the same church feature heavenly musicians, including
another (bearded) hornblower
who simultaneously plays the harp while seated on a stool.
At Saint-Révérien (Nièvre), the dead arise from sarcophagi
as two angels sound the Last Trump.
But at Oyré (Vienne), the trumpeter simultaneously pulls the long
beard of a sinner.
remerciements à Joël
Jalladeau pour les dernières cinq photographies
Santiago de Compostela, Puerta de las Platerías:
Adam and Eve with the Trumpeter of Doom beneath.
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photo by courtesy of ParadoxPlace
Chrism with lovely
and significant decoration - including a horn-blower -
above the doorway at Coll de Nargo (LLeida).
