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a. Detail of the capital of the Massacre of the Innocents from the church of Santa Cecilia at Aguilar de Campoo, ca. 1170. b. Soldier from the Massacre of the Innocents. c. Soldier from a column in the north pier of the Portal of Glory, Santiago Cathedral, ca. 1180. d. Soldier from the Massacre of the Innocents
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During the restoration works and archaeological excavation carried out in the crypt of the Portal of Glory of Santiago Cathedral between 2017 and 2021 numerous pieces of its dismantled medieval stone choir were unearthed, including a series of reliefs representing the Massacre of the Innocents. This article analyzes the stylistic, iconographic, con...
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... Matter, and Vision, Madrid, 2020. of the Massacre of the Innocents from the church of Santa Cecilia at Aguilar de Campoo or, specifically within the cathedral of Santiago, the armored knight carved in one of the columns of the Portal of Glory, which is an exact small version of one of the Massacre soldiers, including the details of his sword (Fig. 4). 16 A comparison between the soldiers in the Aguilar capital and the Portal of Glory column with those in the reliefs allows us to deduce that the apparent robotic character of the latter may be due, in part, to the fact that they are the product of a sculptor accustomed to working in smaller formats, in which the figures are supported ...
