Antoni Conejo

'Traça', 'patró' or 'mostra' are some of the words gathered by medieval Catalan documentation when referring to architectural drawings, which, in a visible way, reflect the guidelines of a plan designed by an architect that was usually executed by following the patron’s preferences. The following paper intends to tackle the purpose of these drawings, as also the supports, types and the used nomenclature. This is accomplished by analysing some of the most significant sketches preserved, such as an unpublished drawing performed for the Portal of the Apostles from the ancient cathedral of Lleida (Seu Vella), or a scale plan carried out by the magister Pere Sacoma for the belfry of San Felix of Girona. The paper concludes by surveying the famous 'traça' realized by the Norman master Carlí for the façade of the cathedral of Barcelona.

El uso de la bóveda tabicada en Cataluña se remonta, al menos, a principios del s. XV. Sin embargo, los estudios publicados hasta la fecha son más bien pocos, un hecho sorprendente pues una de las acepciones utilizadas por la historiografía para referirse a este sistema constructivo es, precisamente, volta catalana. Por ello, creemos fundamental reabrir el interés por el tema, fomentar la realización de un necesario, e irrenunciable, inventario de los edificios que lo utilizaron, e incentivar la exhumación de nuevos documentos que nos permita determinar los canales y los protagonistas que facilitaron su introducción y difusión en el Principado.

The use of tile vaults in Catalonia is dated back at least the early XVth century. Nonetheless, the studies published on this issue are rather few at the date. Quite a surprising fact, especially if we think that volta catalana is one of the common terms used by historiography to refer to this kind of constructive system. Therefore, we believe that there is an urgence of focusing on this underestimated topic, encouraging the creation of the still missing and needed catalogue of buildings where it appears, and promoting the research of new documents which allow to determine the channels and the actors at the origin of its introduction and success in Catalonia.

En aquest article s'expliquen els antecedents i els eixos bàsics del Pla Director per a la rehabilitació i restauració integral de l'antic hospital del Coll de Balaguer, a l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, fundat el 1344 per l'infant Pere d'Aragó, fill dels reis Jaume II i Blanca d'Anjou. El seu estat de conservació actual i la problemàtica que envolta les seues restes-runes (ocupades en gran part per habitatges particulars) exigien la redacció i aplicació del citat Pla Director.

... Iconografia de les esteles funeràries, discoidals de Tarrés. Autores: Toni Conejo; Localización: Arts: revista del Cercle de Belles Arts de Lleida, ISSN 1576-8368, Nº 7, 1993 , págs. 20-21. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...