MONSTRANCE, TEMPLE TYPE. SILVER, GLASS. 16TH CENTURY, WITH RESTORATIONS.

Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations. Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an axis or stem and a two-story architectural upper structure with finishing figures. The foot has a flat base on which tubular shapes with discs are placed, followed by a mixtilinear shape with an openwork front with circular details and an upper part with vegetal elements in relief (flowers, scrolls, palms, etc.) and a heraldic shield. The axis or stem begins with an architectural form with flying buttresses and tubular forms with discs (similar to those of the base) and continues with another body of niches with sculptures of saints, which present columns with double-fronted balusters and arches with elements venerated ones topped on the outside by winged angel heads with leaves in their hair; This area ends with an architectural element reminiscent of the lower part. The two-story upper area has a hexagonal base and architectural, figurative and vegetal decorative elements of marked classicist influence along with others of a classic Gothic type, and is topped by a Deesis with a rocky floor (The Virgin and Saint John flanking a Crucified Christ ). Just below the gallery of trefoil arches that finish it below, two garlands of leaves and fruits hang; and two heraldic shields appear engraved. Next, the virile for the Sacred Form is presented, sheltered in a structure with grotesques functioning as columns and angels playing musical instruments. Above this, another structure presents seated children holding the emblems of the Passion and an enclosed space with balustraded balconies with crosses in the center, within which a haloed figure appears blessing and holding an orb topped with a cross (in reality, this figure tops the virile one, but he can be seen through this gap); There are also niches with figures. Between one floor and another, a series of chains appear attached to small poles that ensure that the guard does not open. One of those two engraved heraldic shields already mentioned shows a Tau, also known as the Cross of Santa Tecla or San Antonio, common in Tarragona and in orders such as the Franciscan, for example. The other heraldic shield, which is very similar to the one that appears on the base (here the edge is different, there are more plants...), is presented cut, with a bull or ox passing to the left at the top and three plant stems (perhaps reeds) emerging from the ground (under which there is another line that could allude to a watercourse) in the lower area. The temple monstrances are a relatively frequent typology in the Burgos and Valladolid schools (in fact, it seems to be common in Castilla y León except for some areas such as Palencia), although they appear throughout the Spanish school along with the tower monstrances and the known type. as “of sun”. Compare, for example, with the custody of the Church of Santa Eulalia de Paredes de Nava, or that of the parish of San Pedro de Aibar (dated around 1476-1488, made in Burgos perhaps by Juan de Santa Cruz), that of the parish church of Sasn Juan Bautista in Horta de Sant Joan (Tortosa workshop, 16th century (documentation from around 1520); note the high base, with openwork front with circles), the monstrance of Samaniego (Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art of Euskadi, made by Sancho de Salcedo –doc. Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1495-1511-), custody of Arisgotas (Parish Museum of Villa de Orgaz, dated before 1547 and made by the Toledo native Francisco Martínez de San Román), etc. Weight: 3kg.

· Size: 21x21x58 cms