Jerpoint - Exhibitionist

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On the base of the Cloister pillar (Pier 8) there is a male figure in a lying position. Commonly referred to a sloth, following on from a suggestion by Edwin Rae in his paper on the site (1966 JRSAI VOl 96. No 1 PP 59-51) In fact Rae first identified the carving as Also somewhat jocose is the little man lying down on the south face of the base of pier 8. A mild expose of luxuria [sic] is a possible interpretation, inasmuch as the figure appears to have prominent genitals. Such details are seldom emphasized or even acknowledged in insular Gothic sculpture. A derogatory implication may be assumed on analogy with the evil executioner, likewise obviously equipped, in an English alabaster of about 1480.39 Perhaps the little Irish miscreant suggests sloth, This carving should be classed as an Exhibitionist.