<i>Iratusque est Cain vehementer</i>… Cain Being Wroth: a Gap in the Iconographic Transmission in the Pyrenees
Milagros Guàrdia
The wealth and plurality of the scenes related to fourth chapter Genesis depicted at Pyrenean sites during eleventh twelfth centuries have not yet been assessed as a whole. Therefore, this paper deals with iconographic transmission its comprehension within territory. I will briefly introduce where some concerning history Cain Abel preserved, which are biblical texts, for example land rejecting blood (Rodes Ripoll Bibles) while others non-biblical, such burial (portal Ripoll, mural paintings Sant Quirze de Pedret), in order devote my attention analysis particular scene. This scene, gives title, is representation Cain’s wroth grief, result his unwelcome sacrifice, observed three Romanesque painting sites, models interpretation (Sant Climent Taull, Andreu Baltarga, Ginestarre).
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