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----- Original Message ----- From: John Hall <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 10:59 AM Subject: Re: The "Hell Mouth" in medieval art & architecture. > Some examples: > In Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights (Madrid, Prado) triptych c. 1503-4 > right-hand panel (the > musical hell) a human figure with a Nightmare's head sitting over an open > cesspit stuffs a naked body into its maw and defecates figures who drop into > the pit. For a good detailed reproduction see Mia Cinotti, 1969, "The > Complete Paintings of Bosch" London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson > John Hall > A (comparatively) recent example was the set done by Ralph Steadman for the English National Opera's production of "Orpheus in the Underworld" in which entrance to Hades was obtained by passing through the guard dog Cerberus' mouth (well, one of them)and out through his bottom. I thought it wonderfully original at the time but perhaps this is where he got the idea from? regards john a w lock > > > > C. Thomas Ault > > Theatre Department > > Indiana University of Pennsylvania >