The Capitals of the Panteóan De Los Reyes, San Isidoro De Leóan
David M. Robb
The capitals of the Panteón or Capilla de los Reyes San Isidoro at León (Fig. 1) constitute a key monument in Romanesque sculpture Europe. They are part building that serves as narthex portico for present church but which it antedates by some length time, having been built connection with erected order Ferdinand I, probably between 1054 and 1067, on foundations still older structure dedicated to SS. John Baptist Pelagius. significant facts construction chronology given epitaph is preserved north transept Isidoro.2 According this, brick clay stood site, was replaced Ferdinand's stone originally part; consecration this took place 1063 when relics Isidore Seville were translated it, same time dedication changed one.
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