Abstract (may include machine translation)
The Romanesque cathedral of Pécs in Southern Hungary with its more than one thousand stone carvings holds the richest and most excellent collection of monumental sculptural dec-oration in Central Europe. Among the rich material a strange pair of capital, representing a naked man between a centaur and a snake, and a corbel, depicting a siren, deserves special attention. There were many speculations regarding the meaning of these carvings, such as symbolizing saint Andrew-Zorard or Adam and Eve. Based on international comparative ma-terial, the composition at Pécs may be interpreted referring to more general experiences: the vulnerable status of the human soul living in the world of temptation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-84 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Codex Aquilarensis |
Volume | 33 |
State | Published - 2017 |