Object type
decorative plaque, chancel screen
Culture/period
Medieval
Materials
Luni-Carrara marble
Technique
sculpting
Mint
Production date
501 / 700
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Tàrraco
Township
Tarragona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Dimensions
116 x 66 x 12,3cm
Description
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Rectangular plaque decorated with a central circular motif, a double concentric band around it and five-pointed star-shape in the interior. In the middle it has a circular four-petalled rose making a cross pattée. The spaces between the sides of the star and the circle are filled with a theme of overlapping arches in a kind of fretwork. The two peripheral circles have semicircular scales; the top one to the left, and the interior one to the right. The space between the large central circle and the upper horizontal strip has two six-petalled flowers in a circle. Between them there is another four-petalled flower (like the one in the middle of the plaque's centre), also in a circular theme. The spaces remaining between the floral motifs and the rectangle of the plaque are filled with heart shapes. It is bevel cut with a marked horror vacui. The decorative theme of these plaques, with geometric and plant motifs, as well as some technical particularities in the carving of the stone, characterise it as art from the Hispano-Visigothic period and link it to the local sculpture of that era.
© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID
1863