#convent

[satakentiaphoto]

Couvent abandonné. Viana do Castelo, Portugal

[mikeybooch]

I feel like by now we've all seen the medieval marginalia of nuns diligently picking phalluses from a tree. These illustrations were drawn by 14th century artist Jeanne de Montbaston who worked alongside her husband Richard. To the best of my knowledge, there is no clear reason for the inclusion of these illustrations, but perhaps there was some contextual evidence that was lost to time.

In any case, I decided to illustrate these industrious ladies in my own style amidst a flurry of medieval inspired phallic references and symbols of virility and fecundity. By my estimation, there are about 130 phalluses in this picture.

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[awesomeartists]

Detail of “Convent Thoughts” by Charles Allston Collins

[witch-breaker]

[periodinteriors]

François-Louis Dejuinne, Salon of Madame Récamier at the Abbaye-aux-Bois, 1826, oil on wood.

[illustratus]

The Convent Raven by Henry Stacy Marks

[balkanparamo]

The Chaste Nun: Apollonia Saint Clair