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Baltarga Vault. (Cendanya). |
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From the parish
church of Baltarga, dedicated to St Andrew, much
of the mural painting on the vault and the
preapsidal arches has been preserved. |
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In the middle of the
first arch is a wide circle from which emerges
The Right Hand of God. The divine hand is
blessing Abel on the right, offering the lamb; on
the left, Cain is offering God the fruits of the
earth.
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The central part of
the vault is dominated by the Maiestas, Mariae,
inscribed in a wide circular aureola surrounded
by four angels. |
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In the upper left
register is a scene from the Miracle of the
fishing. The figure of Christ appears with hand
outstretched to the two fishermen, whom legend
identifies as Peter and Andrew, at the moment
when they haul in a net full of fish. |
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In the first register
on the left side is the Last Supper. A long fret
separates this register from the lower one, where
a scene of the Crucifixion must have appeared,
but only two circles enclosing the
anthropomorphic figures of the Sun and Moon
remain. |
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