By examining Catalan art of the medieval period as a reference context, it is possible to analyze the inclusion of the lamb and the dove in a series of important iconographic programs that take us from monuments to illustrated books, from the 11th and 12th centuries to 15th century. Logically, it is not possible to examine all the examples that have come to us nor all the nuances of the case, but I will try to offer a representative list here. The distance that separates these animals from the represented being places them among the most profoundly symbolic beings of Christian religiosity. In any case, and in general terms, the triumphant Agnus lacks a narrative perspective equivalent to that of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we must consider the similarities and differences that separate both symbols, dove and lamb, as projections and symbols of the complex situations that require the metaphorical visualization of the divine being. - [Abstract]

Language: Italian

1846-8551; DOI: 10.1484/J.IKON.3.34