The Scallop Shell: The Journey to Emmaus

The Scallop Shell: The Journey to Emmaus

Jan 30, 2013 | Symbols

Representations of the pilgrimage to Compostela in Romanesque sculpture are rare. Nevertheless, such depictions are remarkable when the contemporaneous pilgrimage is conflated with the New Testament story of the Journey to Emmaus from Luke’s Gospel. At the cathedral...
The Scallop Shell

The Scallop Shell

Feb 3, 2012 | Symbols

It is not without reason that the pilgrims returning from the threshold of Saint James bear shells  Although the scallop shell was adopted as an emblem by pilgrims to several shrines such as Mont Saint Michel, it was to become uniquely associated with the pilgrimage...
Santo Domingo de Silos

Santo Domingo de Silos

Jan 22, 2012 | Cinematograph Sculpture

The Benedictine abbey of Santo Domingo lies a short distance south of Burgos. The remarkable cloister features one of the most sublime images in all of Romanesque sculpture: the Journey to Emmaus and Christ depicted as a pilgrim to Compostela. For more click...
Santa Marta de Tera

Santa Marta de Tera

Jan 22, 2012 | Cinematograph Sculpture

The twelfth century convent church of Santa Marta de Tera is located at some distance south of the Camino Francès on the Via de la Plata route from Merida. Its southern porch features spandrel reliefs of Saint John and Saint James the patron of the shrine at...