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Review: En el principio: Génesis de la catedral románica de Santiago de Compostela—Contexto, construcción y programa iconográfico , by José Luis Senra

2016; University of California Press; Volume: 75; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/jsah.2016.75.2.232

2150-5926

James D’Emilio,

Medieval Architecture and Archaeology

Book Review| June 01 2016 Review: En el principio: Génesis de la catedral románica de Santiago de Compostela—Contexto, construcción y programa iconográfico, by José Luis Senra José Luis Senra, ed. En el principio: Génesis de la catedral románica de Santiago de Compostela—Contexto, construcción y programa iconográficoSantiago de Compostela: Teófilo Edicións, 2014, 239 pp., 117 b/w illus. €20.80, ISBN 9788494208683 James D'emilio James D'emilio University of South Florida, Tampa Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2016) 75 (2): 232–234. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2016.75.2.232 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation James D'emilio; Review: En el principio: Génesis de la catedral románica de Santiago de Compostela—Contexto, construcción y programa iconográfico, by José Luis Senra. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 June 2016; 75 (2): 232–234. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2016.75.2.232 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search Commenced in the 1070s and consecrated in 1211, the Romanesque cathedral of Santiago de Compostela furnished the Galician shrine of Saint James the apostle with a building in the forefront of European experiments with structural engineering, architectural design, and programmatic sculptural decoration, suiting the shrine's preeminence as a pilgrimage center. English-speaking medievalists and architectural historians will be familiar with the great architectural and sculptural campaigns under Bishop Diego Gelmírez (1100–1140), Master Mateo's late twelfth-century west porch (Pórtico de la Gloria), Kenneth Conant's monograph, and his notion of the “pilgrimage church,” which associates Compostela with churches of similar design at Tours, Limoges, Conques, and Toulouse.1 En el principio, a book of five essays, treats a phase of the cathedral's history less prominent in recent North American scholarship: the conception and initiation of the project during the episcopate of Diego Peláez (1070/71–88) and the construction completed before the consecration of... You do not currently have access to this content.