Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Silos Beatus' Apocalypse information, zoomable image British Library website; Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos Photos in Paradoxplace; The Art of medieval Spain, A.D. 500–1200, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos (see ...
Dominic of Silos OSB (Spanish: Santo Domingo de Silos) (1000 – 20 December 1073) was a Spanish monk, to whom the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, where he served as the abbot, is dedicated. He is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. His feast day is 20 December.
King Alfonso had it dedicated to St Dominic of Silos. It was Cluniac before becoming a nunnery of the Cistercian order. The convent underwent major rebuilding work in the second half of the 16th century, in which the mudéjar church was demolished. The new building was begun by Nicolás de Vergara and completed by the royal architect Juan de ...
Santo Domingo de Silos is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality had a population of 292 inhabitants. [2] The heritage listing of conjunto histórico preserves the village.
Silos or Santo Domingo de Silos is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North Santander. It is the only municipality founded in Colombia by a German, Ambrosio Alfinger , in 1531.
The abbey was reestablished with the help of monks from Solesmes Abbey in France. [3] Solesmes is known for its commitment to plainsong and the Solesmes style of singing has influenced the monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, [4] although the monks' pronunciation of Latin reflects their Spanish background.
Master Mateo was also influenced by the local tradition and sculpture of the Puerta de las Platerías and the Cámara Santa of the cathedral of Oviedo. [8] French influence is seen in the iconography and composition with decorative sculpture similar to the details of the cloister of Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey. [8]
The earliest surviving fragment, at the abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, is already from about a century after the work was written. [26] Two were produced in modern Portugal (one is the Apocalypse of Lorvão dated 1189) and the Saint-Sever Beatus in southern France, near the modern Spanish border. [ 27 ]