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Sheela-na-gigs : unravelling an enigma / Barbara Freitag.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freitag, Barbara, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sheela-na-gigs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Taylor & Francis, 2004.
- Summary:
- A study of the mysterious stone carvings of naked females exposing their genitals on medieval churches all over the British Isles.
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE SHEELA-NA-GIG PHENOMENON; 2 SHEELAS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH; 3 THE PROBLEM OF THE NAME; 4 SHEELAS, BIRTH, DEATH AND MEDIEVAL RURAL TRADITIONS; CONCLUSION; SHEELA-NA-GIG CATALOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed May 10, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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