La creu com a símbol cristià. Una placa central de creu del taller de Llemotges Authors Lourdes de Sanjosé i Llongueras Abstract This paper consists of two sections. The first describes the historicalliturgical context of the cross and highlights its importance in ancient and medieval Christian art. A passage from Deuteronomy dealing with death by crucifixion is cited. It was a death considered disgraceful by the Jews, who therefore did not accept and have never accepted the symbolic value of the cross. In response to this, Saint Paul raised his voice to justify Christ's death. Likewise, other texts by Christian writers who defend this position are mentioned, and the value of the cross as a means of redeeming humankind according to the four Evangelists is considered. The second section analyses a central plaque of a cross from the Limoges workshop dating from the late 12th century. The cross is described and information is provided on its first publication in the form of a drawing in 1858, its chronology, its provenance from the Limoges workshop, and its high artistic quality. Lastly, it is compared with other cross plaques in order to place it in context. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2021-12-03 Issue Vol. 29 (2021) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Miscel·lània Litúrgica Catalana authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Societat Catalana d'Estudis Litúrgics (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Miscel·lània Litúrgica Catalana.Authors answer to Societat Catalana d'Estudis Litúrgics for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Societat Catalana d'Estudis Litúrgics declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal Miscel·lània Litúrgica Catalana is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
