Speculum Humanae Salvationis : estudo iconográfico e iconológico do sacrário de prata da Sé do Porto

Abstract

The iconographic program of the Porto s See silver Sacrary is distributed in four horizontal registers, superimposed, building a pyra-mid which is uphelded in the Creation theme, and develops, in ascen-dant form, through concordant scenes of Old and New Testament, which express a theology of the Eucharistic sacrament. We consider that the iconographic message exhibited has in itself an authentic resume of the History o Salvation - Speculum Humanae Salvationis -involving the most important steps, since Creation to Glorification, through the Resurrection of Christ and the sending of the Holy Spirit.