Editing Centaur (section)

===Medieval art===
[[File:Grape harvest Abbatiale Mozac 2007 06 30.jpg|thumb|Centaurs harvest grapes on a 12th-century capital from the [[Mozac Abbey]] in the [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]]]]
[[File:P. 26 'The Zodiac Man' a diagram of a human body and astrological symbols with instructions explaining the importance of astrology from a medical perspective.jpg|thumb|"The Zodiac Man", a 15th-c. diagram of a human body and astrological symbols with instructions in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] explaining the importance of astrology from a medical perspective; a centaur is depicted around the thighs as Sagittarius below Scorpio [genitalia] and above Capricorn [knees].]]

Centaurs preserved a [[Dionysus|Dionysian]] connection in the 12th-century [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] carved [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]] of [[Mozac Abbey]] in the [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]]. Other similar capitals depict harvesters, boys riding goats (a further Dionysiac theme), and [[griffin]]s guarding the [[Chalice (cup)|chalice]] that held the wine. Centaurs are also shown on a number of [[Picts|Pictish]] carved stones from north-east [[Scotland]] erected in the 8th–9th centuries AD (e.g., at [[Meigle]], Perthshire). Though outside the limits of the [[Roman Empire]], these depictions appear to be derived from Classical prototypes.