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Romanesque Corbel decorated with Wolfs, Padilla de Arriba, Burgos

ESP Canecillo románico (s. XII) reaprovechado en una vivienda de finales del s. XIX en Padilla de Arriba, Burgos (Castilla y León, España). Posiblemente procede de un monasterio cercano, desaparecido a consecuencia de las desamortizaciones decimonónicas. Representa dos lobos devorando a una oveja, lo que se traduce como una alegoría del demonio devorando a un pecador.

ENG Romanesque corbel (12th century) reused in a late 19th-century house in Padilla de Arriba, Burgos (Castile and León, Spain). It probably comes from a nearby monastery that disappeared as a result of the 19th-century confiscations. It depicts two wolves devouring a sheep, which can be interpreted as an allegory of the devil devouring a sinner.

Romanesque Corbel decorated with Wolfs, Padilla de Arriba, Burgos