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The sculptured capitals of the former collegiate church of Saint-Pierre in Chauvigny (Vienne) are some of the most expressive works of the French Romanesque period. They rest on the columns between the choir and ambulatory, and present a bewildering universe of biblical and demonic figures and scenes in over thirty sculptures.
Surprisingly, we can encounter a vast amount of bizarre, grotesque and often apparently subversive imagery at the margins of devotional manuscripts, the capitals of churches and cloisters and the undersides of choir stalls. The present image shows a capital depicting a dragon eating a man.
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