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T1 La pila bautismal de la catedral de León
A1 García Álvarez, César
A1 Campos Sánchez-Bordona, María Dolores
A2 Historia del Arte
K1 Arquitectura
K1 Arte
K1 Catedrales góticas
K1 León
K1 Pilas bautismales
K1 Renacimiento
K1 Iconografía
K1 Catedral de León
K1 5506.02 Historia del Arte
K1 6201 Arquitectura
AB The renaissancist bautismal pile of the Cathedral of Leon is decorated with various reliefs that forro an iconographical program based on ideas conected to the sacrament of the Baptism. Thus, the four scenes represent the different types of Baptism. A multiple martyrdom (probably of St. Marcelo and his sons) symbolizes the baptism by blood; the Baptism of Christ alludes to the baptism by water, and the last scene probably simbolizes the baptism by fire. Parallelly, four sculptures representing Moses, St. John the Baptist, and posibly the prophet Isaiah and one Evangelist, have been represented as biblic personages closely related to the idea of baptism. Equally, some formal aspects, like four winged heads or the scalework texture of the pile (probably simbolizing the whale of Jonah and the idea of resurrection) have the same intention. Finally, the presence of the nobiliary shield of the patron of the fond wants to significate the personal glory, fame and honour of the bishop, humanistic values joined to the personal defense of the Sacrament and its theological and liturgical importante.
PB Universidad de León
SN 0213-1390
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/12789
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/12789
NO p. 253-272
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 18-may-2024