Daily "Splendor". Gilded Objects from a Medieval Village near Madrid (Ermita Virgen de la Torre, Vicálvaro-Vallecas)
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Almohads, Castles, Christian Kingdoms, Ermita Virgen de la Torre, Lions, Mercure Gilding, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Para-heraldic Buckles, Wolves.
Abstract
A series of metallic ornaments recovered from the archaeological excavations at the medieval site of Ermita Virgen de la Torre (Madrid) is here discussed, as well as several unpublished pieces preserved at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional. This paper specifically addresses the historical and cultural contextualization of a group of gilded belt-bluckes that exhibits a para-heraldic decoration, which could be related to Christian cultural parameters (a positive connotation of animals and objects represented, “scutulados” clothes) that could be opposed to the decorative practices of al-Andalus between 12nd-13rd centuries.Downloads
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Uscatescu A. (2015). Daily "Splendor". Gilded Objects from a Medieval Village near Madrid (Ermita Virgen de la Torre, Vicálvaro-Vallecas). Anales de Historia del Arte, 24(Especial), 559-575. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANHA.2014.48294
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