Data Artem
Home

Capital: Capital 4 - South-east, choir (Iglesia de San Quirce)

Building Name
:
Iglesia de San Quirce  
Location
:
South-east, choir
Capital
:
4
Subject
:
Noah's Ark
Description
:
Left side: God stands before Cain, who reaches out to the next scene dedicated to Noah. Main side: Noah building the ark. He is holding a hammer, and in front of him, in the upper part, is God with a cross in his right hand.
Reference
:
Capitals 1 to 5 follow a narrative order. Pérez de Urbel, J. Et W. M. Whitehill (1931). « La iglesia románica de San Quirce », Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia, Tome 98, p. 795-812. García Morilla, Alejandro (2015). Corpus Inscriptionum Hispaniae Medievalium. Burgos (siglos VIII-XIII), Vol.1, Universidad de León, Servicio de Publicaciones, p. 121-122.
Corpus Ref.
:
  
  •   Left side. - 4 - South-east, choir
    Face: Left side.
    Inscription: KAIN VBI EST FRATER TVV(s) ABEL.
    Translation Kain, ubi est frater tuus Abel. « Cain, where is your brother Abel ? »
  •   Main and right sides. - 4 - South-east, choir
    Face: Main and right sides.
    Inscription: FECIT SBI NOE ARCAM IVXTA VBV DNI PPT AQ {VAS DILUVII}
    Translation Fecit sibi Noe arcam iuxta verbum Domini propter aquas dilivii. « Noah made himself an ark, according to the word of the Lord, for the waters of the flood. »
    No images.