Monday, August 31, 2009

Praias De Nunismo Vidios

Mahamud. READING OF A BATTERY

Mahamud. Font

especially Burgos is a province rich in Romanesque baptismal fonts. There are about 300 recorded a variety of forms and qualities, among which includes magnificent pieces as the famous Road Redecilla with architectural decoration, the CABI, Cojobar and Villamiel of Muñó or the Cathedral of Burgos, and more Gothic Romance, and other less sophisticated but very curious to your decor, such as Barbadillo del Mercado, Rosales ...

Yet Mahamud stack is one of the best thanks to its rich and complex sculptural program. Its iconography can be interpreted, as some authors have done lately (you have to cite the work of Garbiñe Bilbao Burgos People's University) in conjunction with the sacrament for which it serves.

The scenes that are depicted are, from left to right, the following:

"Original Sin: Adam, a tree with the serpent, Eve

-San Pedro with the keys

-Fish-Scene

festive: Rabelo, woman tambourine square dancer ...

-scene with several characters that have been interpreted as the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, quite justifiably, is Joseph, with three doves symbol of the purity of Mary (prefigured in Lev 12) and Mary, crowned, holding the child against the elderly Simeon and the altar.

The reading is usually given to the set is based on the parallel drawn by medieval authors between the figures of Adam and Eve, and Mary and Jesus. According to them, if Adam is the one who introduces sin and Eve man who leads him to, Jesus Christ the new Adam, who redeems humanity from sin, and Mary the new Eve who crushes the serpent's head ( Gen 3.15: Inimicitias you ponam inter ipsum et mulierem [...] conteret caput tuum ), assimilated from this time the evil one (in fact, this stack as in many others, the snake around the bases of the piece and is crushed by a glass). Adam, through Eve's disobedience, sin entered man and Jesus, through Mary's submission to God, absolves him.

Mahamud. Original Sin

Baptism is the sacrament intended to revive the man and wash the stain of original sin is thus the means by which it is effective in men the role of Christ as the new Adam. Therefore, the surface of the baptismal font is the perfect place to show this relationship.

This is what seems to have wanted to do in Mahamud, where opposed to the scene of Original Sin (Adam, Eva), which has been interpreted quite justifiably as the Presentation of Jesus (Mary, Jesus): ie, "baptism" of Christ in Jewish law. If the salvific role of Christ is most evident in scenes such as the Crucifixion, depicted in turn stack Báscones Water, the scene of the Presentation, prefiguring the latter, may be chosen to highlight the role of "new Eve by Mary presents Jesus to Simeon has, in any case, it also makes sense that Christ is concerned, since it is Simeon who acknowledges Christ as Savior (Luke 2.30: viderunt tuum Salutare oculi mei).

Mahamud. Presentation.

From left to right: Joseph, Mary, Jesus, Simeon, altar remain

other three scenes. First is an isolated figure of St. Peter with the keys of the Kingdom of God, symbolizing the Church (the famous quote from Matthew 16.18: tu es Petrus et super hanc ecclesiam meam petram aedificabo ). Then a big fish. Although there is an all too common in the Romanesque (present, for example, Losa Hill), his interpretation seems very difficult because that the representation of Christ as ICHTHUS ( Iesous Theou HUIOS Christos Soter ) is one of the earliest symbols of Christianity.

Mahamud. San Pedro and fish remains

a scene with several musicians and a dancer. In isolation these representations are often seen as a symbol of the sins of debauchery and lust. However, some authors have appreciated the gesture of the dancing here is more content, more modest than in these cases. Given the double negative and positive symbolism that many elements ( lion ...) were in the Romanesque, and the musicians also be used to glorify God in the great Maiestas Domini covers churches, does not seem unreasonable to think that this delegation is here more a symbol of celebration of sin. Could represent the joy of the Christian community for their salvation. Moreover, not all the characters carry musical instruments, some seem to simply carry the tools of their trades, which seems to support this second thesis of the whole community festival.

Mahamud. festive scene

complete reading of the stack would then as follows:

"Humanity is tainted with sin by Adam's error induced by Eva (Original Sin) . But by Church (San Pedro) founded by Christ (fish) , to the jubilation of the whole community (party scene) free from sin is reborn with the new Adam brought by Mary (Presentation of Jesus) "

Or, if we do not meet the reading of the party scene ,

"Humanity is tainted with sin by the error of Adam, induced by Eva (Original Sin) . But by Church (San Pedro) founded by Christ (fish) , sins (party scene) redeemed through baptism, rebirth instituted by the new Adam brought by Mary (Presentation of Jesus) "

Neither seems too preposterous versions, in any case, although this interpretation is not correct (it is in any case, gaps, what represent the heads sticking out behind the other characters?) What seems clear is that the succession of scenes is not free, and we face the work, although slightly rough exceptionally beautiful, well located within an impressive Gothic church, which despite being back is still in its oldest parts (XIII century) many memories of the Romanesque and a certain charm for those who love this style. In addition, the altarpieces platerescos and Romanists, etc. are excellent, but that's another story ...

Mahamud. Church. Main entrance

Mahamud. Church. Foot home (XIII century)

Bonita

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Get Well Messages Spiritual

ROMANESQUE

Padilla's house is Up ...

Padilla de Arriba. Home

first thing we notice is its decoration, with elaborate carvings and corbels, it seems, Romanesque, not "home" much to the date of 1873 inscribed on his website. Where do you come from?

Padilla de Arriba. House. corbels

Padilla de Arriba. House. Relief

Padilla de Arriba. House. Relief

Padilla de Arriba. House. Relief

The answer, beyond the street ...

Padilla de Arriba. Santa Maria

Padilla de Arriba. Santa Maria. Header. Note the double apse

Padilla de Arriba. Santa Maria. reliefs

is curious conversion of the ruins of Santa Maria in makeshift "museum of outdoor sculpture." At least indicates that the locals care about them, though it seems that this will serve to curb the destruction of the building.

also worth visiting in Padilla de Arriba parish church of San Andrés, with good hooks in the windows of the apse solid.

Padilla de Arriba map. In blue, the road, in red, the Roman remains

Monday, August 17, 2009

Do Pinguecula's Go Away Without Surgery

BUILD YOUR HOME THE CHRIST OF SAN JUAN DE ORTEGA

Cristo de San Juan de Ortega

altarpiece in the Museum of Burgos saved this small (just five inches in length) jewel of Romanesque eboraria: Christ of St John Ortega.

comes from the monastery, where it was exhibited in the chapel devoted to St. engineer, who according to tradition in life took her around his chest. For once the tradition, if not necessarily true, it is plausible, since the saint lived between 1080 and 1163, years reasonable for the creation of the piece. This is reminiscent of the works of Leon workshops in the second half of the eleventh century Christ as Ferdinand and Sancha (c. 1063) and especially Christ Carrizo , but its most naturalistic, especially in the face, and the very type of Christ, which is dead on the cross rather than triumphant as above, put it at a later time, possibly in the first half of the twelfth century. The crown was added later because the original was lost, the style is similar to some shrines Gothic Burgos Cathedral.

Another view of the same piece

Queen Isabella of Castile, benefactor the monastery (built the actual tomb of the saint), professed great devotion to the Christ, which did not prevent him withdraw one of the arms to be cured of an ailment, the other being suppressed by Pope Adrian VI in 1522 , at least this is the version of Father Flórez. For others, the head of this "massacre" was Margaret of Austria in 1603.

About the images: the Museum of the altarpiece, as I indicated earlier, is the stupid habit of not allowing to take pictures. However, it may be one of the museums with more blind spots that I know, especially in the jewelry section in the choir loft. So I seized the opportunity. Of course, for this I had to carry a small camera, easy to hide, much worse than I usually use.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Desmume Action Replay Mac

TOWER Tagarro

Tagarro.

apse and wheat went to Tagarro

curious looking large capitals scrolls schematic apsidal windows of his church. These, with very plastic forms and next to contemporary art, are wonderful in spite of its simplicity and rudeness "?.

Tagarro.

window

Tagarro. Capitel

also called me the attention the large and flattened capitals on the cover, with strange figures do not distinguish well but they seem, the best preserved, large monstrous head.

But the real surprise I took her to see, out of town and attached to a modern building, which seems to tally a magnificent Moorish tower. Construction, masonry blocks and corners with a truncated pyramid, reminiscent of most colorful and famous tower Urraca in Covarrubias. To be truly of the day (haunting the tenth century), this Tagarro tower would be one of the best preserved examples of architecture county civil time in the province of Burgos, where competition is scarce (apart from the tower Covarrubias, Caleruega perhaps in part, but is generally considered XII century Romanesque, and ruins of other buildings like the Castle Lara).

Tagarro. Romanesque tower
possible

masonry tower Tagarro

Torreón de Doña Urraca . Covarrubias

is worth going to "take out" both the tower and the church; also can be included in a tour of the largely unknown Romanesque Burgos Pisuerga area, which includes churches in similar style as those of Hinojal and Riopisuerga Castrillo, the shrine of Bramley of Riopisuerga and Sotresgudo and Our Lady of Zorita Melgar de Fernamental. In general, these buildings are of solid and elegant apse with buttresses binoculars and corbels smooth, by alternating between the stone colors of the paintings and the decorative elements and styles of sculpture very local and sometimes very interesting, as in Tagarro this church or that of Castrillo de Riopisuerga.