Open Access: Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Poliexplores the history, development, and accrued connotations of a distinctive entry configuration comprised of a set of concentrically stepped archivolts surrounding a deliberate tympanum-free portal opening. These archivolted portals adorned many of the small, rural ecclesiastical structures dotting the countryside of western France and northern Spain in the twelfth century. Seeking to re-contextualize this configuration within monastic meditational practices, this book argues...
Open Access: Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Poliexplores the history, developmen...