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Although the representation of the biblical passage of Abraham's sacrifice is common in our Roman art, few studies that have addressed the origins of the archetypal symbolism from the perspective of different cultures archaic for understanding the essence its meaning and, thereby, help relocate the signifier of its use in that precise time of the Middle Ages, explaining.

Let's start by stating that every sacrifice meant the institutionalization of a new order, in that the primitive man would resort to it only as a last resort, when all the steps made to the gods, demons or witches, with In order to remove a condition, had failed. His conception of suffering is attributable only to the divine will, and because it intervenes directly to produce it, and because it allows other forces cause it.

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Therefore, from a formal point of view, the representation of the sacrifice of Abraham but would not be a cultural reference to the traditional conception of archaic civilizations, in which the first child was regarded as the god and was, through his sacrifice, and was returned to the divinity that belonged only to her, restoring and regenerating the established order the flow of sacred energy in the cosmos.

And in a sense, also Isaac was the son of a god, because "the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised" (Gen. 21.1), sexual connotation as sentence used to save the memory East of the archaic custom of girls spend a night in the temple to be fertilized by the God, or his representative or "sent."

As is well known, the sacrifice of Isaac was over, at the request of God, with the exchange of young by a ram.

A myth, in parallel, as occurs in Euripides, in his "Iphigenia in Aulis" says the passage demands that the goddess that is offered in sacrifice the daughter of King Agamemnon, Iphigenia, but like Isaac, the order of the goddess, in the last minute ordering the killing of a deer instead.

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Iphigenia is brought to the pyre.

Roman Mosaic from Empúries (Girona)

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Just as the sacrifice Iphigenia was designed to foster favorable winds for the deployment of the fleet, and rabbinic texts, and Jewish liturgy, not even explain why Genesis God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son, which would end up presenting Judeo-Christianity Abraham as a model of righteous obedience, through the introduction of a new religious category, "faith."

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It would thus break with the archetypes of repetition and cyclical and, ultimately, to mark the end of the usual to sacrifice the firstborn divinity.

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A ridiculous nonsense, when finally, after all, the myth of primordial sacrifice will come back with death on the cross of the only begotten of the very God in whose name the Old Order was abolished.

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. The sacrifice of Isaac holds a theophany, simply.

In Canaan, Isaac means "laughable."

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. Almendres Parish. Symbolism portal
Merindad almost going off the Cuesta-Urria at the end of a narrow winding road and covered by the foot of the Sierra de la Tesla, resists up, challenging weather, the church of San Millán Abad.

The arches of your portal is made up of four tiers of arches in which are carved a series of curious configurations, and symbolical description of which is the task of our work.

interesting start for his entrance arch, which consists of six segments, where there are medallions inscribed with their corresponding symbols:
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In the first, two birds with long necks triply bonded knot close to the peak holding their own tails. Behind them, there is a tap with his head turned in fulfilling its mission as guardian of sacred place.
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. Then a symmetrical pair of medallions, where about two-headed serpentine bodies emerge that have just faced, recalling, perhaps, an attitude of confrontation of forces.
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the segments still pointing the bow. And in them, a lion, and between their legs, a human head seems to have been regurgitated by the end of the animal whose ending seems to show jaws with teeth. .

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In addition, a significant interlocking stem with leaves inside that opens to both sides as if evoke the salvation of the cross motif.
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The following representation is our favorite, and which, because of its flowcharting and wildness, is perhaps the most difficult to recognize: .

After an apparent simple ornament, the figure of the two natures praying controlling groundwater, symbolized by two huge fish emerge from the abyss to be subject to the central figure that contains after its manifestation.

a transcendent message that has given rise to multiple representations, which are generally poorly understood, on the double-tailed mermaid. Evolution forked tail of the mermaid, is shown here with amazing clarity.
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Finally, distributed among the medallions final evocation of the monster appears from the depths, out of which emerges the body of a human being.

is the rite of passage where the belly of the monster plays the role of the Ark, because in the darkness of her womb the man reborn as new, to be vomited. The feedback message after a deep dive is evident.
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All of this input archivolt positivism are the implications of sacrifice and introspection, we can define global reading as a moral message about the spiritual regeneration.

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In the second arch, a little wider than the previous one, we first find three figures who stand with their hands clasped in token of contrition. Could be of devout believers.
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then the winged lion as a Christological symbol since it is the sum of the two natures, Celestra eagle and lion land, human and divine as Christ himself.

And in the central blocks, two apostles with their heads smashed. Peter is left showing the keys and possibly Paul, the apostles considered the pillars of the Church. And behind them, occupying almost the entire left side, appears tied captive in feet and neck, a clear warning to the sin that enslaves. .

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And in the last arc illustrated, we have a curious ambivalence, positive and negative configurations are interspersed in a set order.

The central segments, are on the right, although badly damaged, "a couple holiday, a musician playing an instrument (probably rebec) and his partner, dancer-acrobat, in a possible allegory of the carefree life that remains away from the believer's spiritual seriousness.

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At his side appears, from the waist, a woman may mermaid holding a fish in each hand and / or a mirror, meaning here is figurative, as indicative of the powerful temptation to sensual pleasures of the world , which are illusory for the spirit.

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Flanking this central segments, is an angel who appears to warn of the dangers in this world we lurk. Perhaps advised not to fall into bad habits out above.

and faced the angel, a beautiful plant ornaments are in perfect harmony. Like the angel part of the perfect achievement, but in the realm of nature. Only climbing, the stems will reach the light overcoming the danger of the Amazon worldly man harasses.

The rest of the archivolt is motivated characters and mythical animals, such as this logo very similar to the zodiacal sign of Capricorn. A goat with wings and twisting tail.
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Possible allegory together three elements, earth, air and water, and where missing the fire element, which is associated with the spirit or will.
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On the opposite side, left arch, is the configuration of another fantastic being composed of a winged lion sinuous thick tail.
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In this case we need the earth element, representation of what limits us. Without it, the strength of the lion-excessive desire leads to obsession and delusion.

continues the series with a beautiful mermaid tail, which suggests that the attraction for its melodious song sever the Christian spirit of his Ithaca, leading him into the abyss, the place of perdition.


And finally, a long tail tap representing the two natures, body and spirit in its gross appearance. The faucet as the guardian of hidden treasures may prevent us from step toward understanding ourselves.

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The chaotic and confusing state of worldly life will be soothed and balanced across the doorway and enter the interior the temple, where we await a space for meditation and peace. San Martin Almond-Burgos Merindades

To learn more and better: http://pallaferro.blogspot.com/2009/08/almendres-iglesia-de-san- millan-abad.html .

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A Master in Vallejo? Mesa para tres

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Vallejo is called as a small orographic depression within a valley. Being a tiny valley in and near Junior Ore, acabáronle calling "the small valley."

not running through the same logic the name of his temple, dedicated to San Lorenzo because, nothing in his neat sculpture, interior or exterior, will collect any reasons which could be connected to the image, life and martyrdom of the saint. Given the enigmatic

reason for this dedication, we only found a causal relationship in the small chapel that was built Constantine the Great in honor of San Lorenzo and in time became stopping point on the pilgrimage routes to the tombs of the Roman martyrs in the seventh century, and here in Vallejo, who was also in his day stopover on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

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Not surprisingly, the erecting of the temple coincides precisely with the rise of secondary roads Road to the north.

However, even though lot of good shows what the temple treasures on the outside and inside, this is not the subject of this work, so we'll stick to the treatment of essential element of our study and dissemination.
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At first glance, be seen that the north facade of the temple is the highest elevation above street level. His sobriety is broken only by the structural elements: four large square buttresses that compartmentalize the wall under a shelf that runs along the surface of the vessel and the central panel.

And under single window, door smallest of the three, known as the Door of Forgiveness, which pointed out, is double archivolt decorated to alight on individual pairs of columns.
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The upper wall is set back on the shelf and compartmentalized, vertically, by six simple buttresses that break the monotony while helping to sustain the thrust of the vaults.

Well, in the third buttress top above the window, find a chair with the inscription:
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not know, of course, that the upper level of the north side was rebuilt as evidenced by the block work along the right side of the window, but we can not shirk on quality and layout of the script of this stone buttress third character seems to us that seems authentic and pick up - deliberately separated from one another-sign, name and signature, ie all elements of a true Signum Magister.

Perhaps one of the two who worked in this beautiful Valley Temple Ore.

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Maybe someday someone will unveil its authenticity and meaning, but so far has wanted to go out to meet us.

trust that time will reveal your name ..

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"It's my trademark, the enduring stamp of my works. The passage of time will not affect anything and go unnoticed for those who can not read the signs of life. Only restful minds perceive the details; are the only ones worthy of enjoyment of life " (JL Hernangomez:" The Sickle of the Queen ")
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