The door as dogma: apropos a new discovery at the church of San Zoilo in Carrión de los Condes

Abstract

Over the past fifteen years art historians have been surprised by the significant Romanesque findings at the site of the former monastery of San Zoilo in Carrión de los Condes (Palencia). From its western doorway and complex northwestern facade tower to an assortment of decontextualized pieces, all of these findings have contributed toward the evaluation of one of the most important monumental groups of the Cluniac Order in the Iberian Peninsula. Among the most recent discoveries is the doorway to the lost western tribune, the subject of this article