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In medieval thought, physical and in particular facial anomalies testify to a moral, social or religious disorder, a translation of evil as opposed to good expressed by order, balance and measure. These illustrations have an educational vocation "The devil often takes a monstrous form to frighten man". These characters often have "hair made of flames to better recall their belonging to hell", but "the world of the damned is sometimes as tormented as that of the guardians of Hell towards which they are heading, on the lintel of the porch Autun for example. "

"Why, then, take a medical look at primitive art? Because through statues, everyday objects, human figures of all kinds, it is possible to reconstruct the life of these many generations who have passed away to us, but also their behaviors vis-à-vis illness, death, anxiety, the unknown. "

It was an impressive faculty, which everyone had to cultivate according to methods and for reasons that we have long forgotten.