Redating the Arca Santa of Oviedo.

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: March 1, 1995| Author: Harris, Julie A. | Copyright information

When Pelayo became bishop of Oviedo in 1101, it must have seemed that the mountains which had sheltered the city from Moslem incursions now isolated her from the rest of Reconquest Spain. Once the capital of Asturias, spearhead of Christian resistance to Islam, Oviedo's importance faded after King Ordono II transferred his residence to Leon in the early tenth century. As a consequence, little is known of the city in the eleventh century. During Pelayo's tenure (1101-30), two addition...

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