Layos Sarcophagus

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Layos Sarcophagus in Toledo

The Layos Sarcophagus is a paleochristian sarcophagus found in Layos, Toledo in 1627 and now in Barcelona.

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The iconography is focused on the dogma of the Incarnation, and it is opposed to docetism and monophysitism. [1]

Access

The original is kept at the Museu Frederic Marès in Barcelona. [2] In October 2007 two replicas arrived in Castilla La Mancha. One was put on show at the Visigothic Museum (Museo de los Concilios y de la Cultura Visigoda). [3]

See also

There is another sarcophagus from Layos in the Real Academia de la Historia. [4]

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References

  1. Núñez Rodríguez, Manuel (1996). "El arte paleocristiano y bizantino". In Bango Torviso, Isidro; Borrás Gualis, Gonzalo M.; Cervera Fernández, Isabel; Delgado Valero, Clara; Kim, Sue-Hee; Yarza Luaces, Joaquín (eds.). Historia del Arte: La Edad Media. Vol. 2. Alianza Editorial. p. 8. ISBN   978-84-206-9482-5.
  2. "Cultura encarga dos reproducciones del sarcófago de Layos (Toledo) para su disfrute en la región". Europa Press . Toledo. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. "La réplica del sarcófago de Layos, en el Museo de los Concilios". ABC (in Spanish). 5 October 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  4. "Sarcófago paleocristiano de Layos". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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