Pine cones (architecture)
Pine cones is the archaeological-art-historical name for the type of ornament that appears in the stylized shape of the fruit of a pine tree . In heraldry , the figure is also referred to as a pine nut .
meaning
In Christianity , the pine tree is considered the tree of life and its cones are seen as symbols of resurrection and immortality . This symbolism was adopted from the ancient cults of Isis , Dionysus and Cybele .
distribution
Even the Romans decorated their pillar graves with pine cones in the Central European provinces . A huge, 2.5 meter tall, formerly gilded bronze pine cone , probably created as the body of a monumental fountain , is now in the Cortile della Pigna in the Vatican . The Pigna district in Rome is named after him. With Christianity, the pine cones spread in Europe and was even in secular buildings used as a decorative element. Dante mentions this pine cone in the thirty-first song of hell in his work "The Divine Comedy". There he uses the cone as a yardstick for the face of the giant Nimrod.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Eckard Bieger SJ: Pine, pine cones. (No longer available online.) Www.kath.de, archived from the original on July 28, 2011 ; Retrieved May 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
