The Anglo-Catalan Connection
The wall paintings adorning the south transept apse of Santa Maria at Terrassa are among the most notable surviving items pertaining to the iconography of St. Thomas Becket. Recently found documents in which diplomatic archives reveal English connections are essential for understanding the quick rec...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:255222 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/255222 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/arts10040082 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Becket Saint-Ruf at Avignon Harvey Reginald Breakspear Augustinian canons |
| Sumario: | The wall paintings adorning the south transept apse of Santa Maria at Terrassa are among the most notable surviving items pertaining to the iconography of St. Thomas Becket. Recently found documents in which diplomatic archives reveal English connections are essential for understanding the quick reception of the Becket cult in the Crown of Aragon. The presence of an Anglo-Norman canon-Arveus or Harveus (Harvey)-and his position of scribe during the second half of the twelfth century when Reginald, probably also of English origin, was prior there-seem to be the likely source of inspiration for this project. These English connections, which are essential for understanding the quick reception of the Becket cult in the Crown of Aragon, stemmed from the endeavours undertaken some years earlier south of the Pyrenees by the abbot of Saint-Ruf at Avignon, Nicholas Breakspear, who subsequently became Pope Adrian IV. |
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