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The Layos Sarcophagus is a paleochristian
The Layos Sarcophagus is a paleochristian sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...
found in Layos, Toledo in 1627 and now in Barcelona.
The iconography is focused on the dogma of the Incarnation, and it is opposed to docetism and monophysitism.
Access
The original is kept at theMuseu Frederic Marès
The Museu Frederic Marès is an art and sculpture museum in Barcelona, Spain.
The Museu contains a collection of thousands of items from the sculptor Frederic Marès. Located near the Barcelona Cathedral, the Museu collection includes statuary ...
in Barcelona.
In October 2007 two replicas arrived in Castilla La Mancha
Castile, Castille or Castilla may refer to:
Places Spain
*Castile (historical region), a vaguely defined historical region of Spain covering most of Castile and León, all of the Community of Madrid and most of Castilla–La Mancha
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. One was put on show at the Visigothic Museum (''Museo de los Concilios y de la Cultura Visigoda'').
See also
There is another sarcophagus from Layos in theReal Academia de la Historia
The Real Academia de la Historia (RAH, 'Royal Academy of History') is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the diff ...
.
References
Bibliography
* * {{cite book , last=Maier , first=Jorge , chapter=Aureliano Fernández-Guerra y Giovanni Battista de Rossi y la arqueología paleocristiana en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX , editor-first=J. , editor-last=Beltrán , editor2-first=B. , editor2-last=Cacciotti , editor3-first=B , editor3-last=Palma , title=Coleccionismo, Arqueología y Antigüedad: España e Italia siglo XIX , location=Sevilla , year=2007 , pages=299-349 Sarcophagi Early Christian inscriptions Early Christian art