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V. Monstrosity, Corporeal Deformity and Fantasy in Monastic Art
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| Vézelay: Despair and Lust, historiated capital from the nave, c.1140 |
| Saint Pierre, Aulnay: south portal featuring monstrous hybrids on outer archivolt, 24 elders on inner archivolt, mid 12th-century |
| Aulnay, detail of archivolts |
| Abbey of La Daurade, Toulouse (now Musée des Augustins, Toulouse), c.1100: Monks as acrobats (jongleurs) on impost block of Transfiguration capital |
| Benedictine Abbey of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, cloister capitals, c.1140, Double-bodied bears devouring men |
| Benedictine Abbey of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, cloister capitals, c.1140, Capital showing naked dancers and Hell-mouths devouring naked men |
| Benedictine Abbey of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, cloister capitals, c.1140, Naked monks squatting like apes |
| Benedictine Abbey of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, cloister capitals, c.1140, Squatting apes |
| Benedictine Abbey of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, cloister capitals, c.1140, Siren |
| Benedictine Abbey of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, cloister capitals, c.1140, Double-bodied lions threatening men |
| Moissac, Daniel in the Lions' Den |
| Souilliac, trumeaux with intertwined monstrous beasts and human figures, c.1130 |