The Smiling Centaur, the Siren and the Naked Man: Carvings from the Romanesque Cathedral of Pécs

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)73-84
    Number of pages12
    JournalCodex Aquilarensis
    Volume33
    StatePublished - 2017

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