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This was the corbel which I found in 1977, and which proved the link between exhibitionists and Luxuria. An acrobat (whose legs have broken off) with very pronounced vulva with labia is suckling snakes in the classic manner of Luxuria in Hell. For twenty years I thought it was unique. The cheap tripod supporting my Vivitar 400 mm lens was not steady enough for this and many other photos I took at a time of poverty with 100 ASA/21 DIN film - but the coming of the internet and digital SLR cameras in the hands of photographers such as Jean-Marie Sicard have produced some great photos of worn corbels. HOWEVER: In 2008, I came across the photograph
below on FlickR:
a corbel on the church of Lomilla de Aguilar, Palencia (Spain), which
offers another example, this time a vulva-puller with snakes and tresses.
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Archingeay (Charente-Maritime)
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