Demons and Diversity in León
This article examines a wall painting of the temptation of Saint Martin in the so-called Panteón de los Reyes of San Isidoro in León, focusing on its unorthodox portrayal of Satan as an Ethiopianized, dark-skinned figure wearing a robe reflective of Fatimid textile traditions. Tracing the scene'...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Medieval encounters
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 150-179 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
San Isidoro (León)
/ Martin, Tours, Bischof, Heiliger 316-397
/ Temptation
/ Devil
/ Interculturality
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| RelBib Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CG Christianity and Politics KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBH Iberian Peninsula |
| Further subjects: | B
León
B Blackness B Saint Martin B skin color B San Isidoro B Satan B ṭirāz B Panteón de los Reyes |
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| Summary: | This article examines a wall painting of the temptation of Saint Martin in the so-called Panteón de los Reyes of San Isidoro in León, focusing on its unorthodox portrayal of Satan as an Ethiopianized, dark-skinned figure wearing a robe reflective of Fatimid textile traditions. Tracing the scene's divergent sources within the complex network of images, texts, and ideas then circulating in León, it argues that the unusually configured image constituted an innovative, intervisual response to the concerns of a palatine viewership that in the first decades of the twelfth century remained preoccupied with its own dynastic and political position, both within the Leonese kingdom and with reference to its wider European sphere. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340042 |