Artistic Dialogue Between León and Castile in the 10th Century
Rose Walker
The middle of the 10th century was a high point for manuscript illumination in northern Spain when named scribes and illuminators created cycles dynamic images exegetical texts bibles. Evidence gathered over recent decades through building archaeology has proposed re-dating buildings sculpture previously considered Visigothic to 9th or centuries, thereby enlarging corpus Mozarabic architecture. This paper begins assess implications considering alongside this expanded architecture sculpture. manuscripts are associated with two main centres: Tábara southern León Valeránica Castile; church San Pedro de la Nave is situated near Tábara, Santa María at Quintanilla las Viñas Valeránica. Records gifts, as well stylistic iconographic comparisons, suggest network monastic amicitia across which scribal expertise were exchanged, perhaps also sculptural expertise. Questions around potential relationship royal comital power structures considered.
Journal of the British Archaeological Association