Saint-Contest (Calvados)
Megaphallic male pulling or stroking his beard.
Another part of the Norman corbel-table with a column-swallower on the
left,
next to a mouth-puller, and a kissing ('lustful') couple on the right
which might be compared with the pair at Studland
in England.
note the 'column-swallower' on the left (click for another one)
A nearby corbel-table at Biéville - probably by the same sculptor(s),
showing an ithyphallic rebec-player, a contortionist,
an atlante on the left (who might be a jongleur), and, on
the right, an octopus recalling the common motif of the double-tailed mermaid.
click to see another elaborate Northern French corbel-table - with frieze >
