Basilica of San Isidoro, León


1. A figure representing Luxuria emphasises breasts in a rather baroque - and modern tabloid - way,
suggesting inspiration from representations of Terra.

 

2. On the famous frieze of Zodiacal signs, this bas-relief of Scorpio is not only decidedly phallic,
but has two ?testicles and an entwining snake.

 

3. An archivolt-carving of a negaphallic mouth-puller.

 

4. The antithesis of Luxuria: a naked but sexless (presumably chaste) figure whose feminity is indicated only by her hair
woman in a mandorla (a stylised almond-shell/vagina pulled open by saints) stops oncoming traffic while shaking hands with God.