Abstract
Este estudio pone el foco sobre las iniciativas llevadas a cabo por los arzobispos tarraconenses a lo largo del siglo XIV, tanto en el cuerpo interior de su iglesia como en el exterior y, por tanto, teniendo en cuenta su entorno urbano colindante. Las voluntades de los sucesivos prelados conjugaron el interés por exaltar la sede a través de la conclusión de la fábrica, magnificar el culto a la patrona con la organización de dispositivos visuales que proclamaran la añorada presencia de sus reliquias y perpetuar su memoria a través de sepulcros vinculados a sus particulares proyectos artísticos y devocionales. Esta contribu- ción analiza cómo se procuró reforzar el poder y la memoria arzobispal, fundamentalmente con sepulcros en los que pervivía la identidad personal e institucional de los mitrados. En buena medida, la devoción a la patrona santa Tecla constituyó el eje gravitacional de esas acciones memorables, puesto que la sede y la ciudad se identificaban (y se identifican aún hoy) con ella, compartiendo de modo no casual la misma letra inicial, elevada a icónico emblema heráldico.
This study focuses on the cathedral of Tarragona and the building projects undertaken by its various archbishops during the 14th century in its interior and exterior and, therefore, the surrounding urban environment. The efforts and interests of successive prelates combined to elevate the prestige of the see by completing the building work, inten- sifying worship of the patron saint through visual devices that proclaimed the presence of her relics and perpetuating their own memory through tombs connected to their particular artistic and devotional projects. The study analyses the attempts to reinforce archiepiscopal power and memory primarily by means of tombs through which the prelates’ personal and institutional identities were able to lived on. To a large extent, the worship of Saint Thecla was the focal point of these commemorative actions and led to both the cathedral see and the city to be identified with her, as they still are today. Indeed, it is no coincidence that they share the same initial letter, which has been elevated to the status of an iconic heraldic emblem.
This study focuses on the cathedral of Tarragona and the building projects undertaken by its various archbishops during the 14th century in its interior and exterior and, therefore, the surrounding urban environment. The efforts and interests of successive prelates combined to elevate the prestige of the see by completing the building work, inten- sifying worship of the patron saint through visual devices that proclaimed the presence of her relics and perpetuating their own memory through tombs connected to their particular artistic and devotional projects. The study analyses the attempts to reinforce archiepiscopal power and memory primarily by means of tombs through which the prelates’ personal and institutional identities were able to lived on. To a large extent, the worship of Saint Thecla was the focal point of these commemorative actions and led to both the cathedral see and the city to be identified with her, as they still are today. Indeed, it is no coincidence that they share the same initial letter, which has been elevated to the status of an iconic heraldic emblem.
| Original language | Spanish |
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| Title of host publication | Obispos y Catedrales. |
| Subtitle of host publication | Arte en la Castilla bajomedieval |
| Editors | M. V. Herráez |
| Place of Publication | Berna |
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
| Pages | 563-605 |
| Number of pages | 42 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-0343-3335-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |