Les Pintures romàniques de l'antiga capella del castell d'Orcau Authors Montserrat Pagès i Paretas Abstract In the collections of the MNAC there is a mural from the semicircular wall of the apse of the church of Orcau, the chapel of one of the most important castles in the county of Pallars Jussà. The iconography and display of three apostles, as they are now presented, is analized and compared with other exemples and sources. Paul, the elected vessel of the Lord, according to the biblical quotation and to the book he carries in the fresco, was placed to the right of the central window, a position characteristic of the Gregorian Reform era. But the berardless John the Evangelist was placed differently from what we see today. Rather he was originally located to the right of the other four figures. One who is mising is Thomas, to whom the draperies in the wall of the church and the inscription near Joan belong. The paintings, of great quality, are related to the Lombard style of Pedret, especially with el Burgal, Argolell and Estamariu. The author here also revises the critical fortune of the frescoes and atributes them to the patronage of the wealthly lord Tedball Ramon dOrcau, who, in the beginning of the twelfth century gave himself the frandiose title domnum principem Orchaliensis castri. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2008-12-04 Issue Vol. 16 (2008) Section Studies 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.