Of Archers and Lions: The Capital of the Islamic Rider in the Cloister of Girona Cathedral

In the south gallery of the cloister of the Cathedral of Santa María, Girona, we find one capital that is differentiated from the rest because of its formal as well as its iconographic characteristics. The four faces of capital no. 4 contain two repeated and two alternating motifs: the archer on hor...

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Main Author: Monteira, Inés (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 457-498
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cathedral (Girona) / Säulengang / Capital sculpture / Muslim / Rider
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CE Christian art
KBH Iberian Peninsula
Further subjects:B Cathedral of Santa Maria, Girona
B Romanesque art
B Catalan Romanesque
B Christian-Muslim relations
B Sicilian-Norman art
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