Un conjunto de capiteles de origen asiático en Tarraco y Barcino. Reflexiones sobre la importación de elementos orientales en la arquitectura del nordeste de Hispania a partir del siglo II d.C.

Abstract

This article aims at distinguishing, amongst the composite capitals found at Tarragona, a series of upper zone fragments which should be assigned to the 2nd century A.D. and linked with groups of capitals from Asia Minor of the same period. The study of these fragments, combined with that of other pieces from Barcino and Tarraco itself, leads toan analysis of the trends of import of oriental elements for architectural omamentation in Northeast Spain and shows a substantial transformation of pattems in Hadrian's period.