Abstract
Coins from the compostela mint : a key to the reconstruction of medieval pictorial cycles of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral?
Highlights
The artistic and iconographic study of three coins from the Compostela mint preserved in the Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago provides essential clues to reconstruct the 12th-century iconographic cycles of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
The coins of the mint of Compostela are postulated as the primary source to understand the more official iconography connected with the chapter, and perhaps the only source that can still help us to reconstruct the decorative programs of the Basilica of Santiago
One dinero and a half dinero or óbolo, display a bust of the Apostle Saint James on the obverse that allows us to establish connections with the famous miniature of the apostle in the Codex Calixtinus as well as with the missing paintings of the ciborium donated by Diego Gelmírez, whose portrait of the Saint seems to have been the official apostolic iconography before the construction of the Pórtico da la Gloria
Summary
Desde una perspectiva artística e iconográfica, de las tres monedas de la ceca compostelana conservadas en el Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago aporta claves imprescindibles para poder reconstruir ciclos iconográficos de la catedral de Santiago en el siglo XII. Las monedas de la ceca de Compostela se postulan como fuente principal para conocer la iconografía más oficial y ligada al cabildo, tal vez como única fuente que todavía podrá ayudarnos a reconstruir los programas decorativos de la basílica compostelana. Un dinero y un óbolo o medio dinero, presentan en su anverso un busto del Apóstol que nos permite establecer conexiones con la célebre miniatura presente en el Códice Calixtino, así como con la desaparecida pintura de Santiago del ciborio donado por Diego Gelmírez, efigie que se dibuja como imagen oficial para la iconografía apostólica anterior al Pórtico de la Gloria. Palabras clave: arte; iconografía; monedas; ceca compostelana; catedral de Santiago; imagen «apostólica» de Santiago; translatio; Diego Gelmírez; Fernando II
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