Les Pintures romàniques de Sorpe, noves interpretacions

Authors

  • Lily Arad
  • Montserrat Pagès i Paretas

Abstract

This paper proposes a new interpretation of a partly preserved scene in Sant Pere de Sorpe, based on an iconographical analysis of the scene, as well as its place and function in the decoration program. The two young men holding jars are personifications of the Jordan River in the scene of the Baptism of Christ, placed opposite the Crucifixion. Biblical, patristical and liturgical sources support this identification, which leads to a new and more coherent reading of the decoration program.

Published

2006-07-19

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