Imposing Romanesque corner capital sculpted in limestone. 12th century. ‘Daniel in the lions‘ den’. Romanesque capital of the type known as angle capitals, which would have formed part of a cloister.  24 x 22 x 20 cm.   It depicts a male figure, Daniel, in period costume surrounded by two stylised figures of lions. His eyes are marked with a trepan. Dr. Antonio Olañeta, an expert in this type of medieval iconographic representation of Daniel among the lions, identifies the iconography on this capital as part of the cycle of Daniel among the lions.   In the interesting publication referenced at the end of the file, Dr. Olañeta summarises that ‘Some of the examples of portrayals of the condemnation of Daniel to the lions’ den found in certain churches on different routes along the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago are of great interest when analysing the origin and evolution of an iconographic model that presents the prophet seated and with his arms raised. The study of the iconographic characteristics and the programmes in which the capital are inserted, with Daniel of Saint Saturnin of Toulouse in the cloister of the abbey of Moissac, with Our Lady of La Dorada, also in Toulouse, and with Saint Eutropius of Saintes  allows us to reach the conclusion that in them the prophet adopts the gesture of the Triumphant Christ to make his character of foreshadowing clear’. Dr. Olañeta also informs that the Hispano-Visigothic capital (7th century) of San Pedro de la Nave is the earliest one to be found today in which the passage of Daniel in the lions' den is portrayed on a capital, a support that would have been the most typical choice for this theme in the Romanesque period.   Other comparable examples of Romanesque capitals with the scene of the prophet Daniel's condemnation to the lions' den are, for example: - Capital of the Ripoll Monastery. - Capital with Daniel in the lions' den in the ambulatory of San Saturnino de Tolosa. - Capital with Daniel in the lions' den in the northern gallery of the cloister of the Abbey of Moissac. - Capital with Daniel in the lions' den of the cloister of the priory of Notre-Dame de la Dorée in Toulouse (Musèe des Augustins, Toulouse).   Provenance: Private collection. Spain.   Reference bibliography: - Reproduced in ‘La Enciclopedia del Románico en Galicia’ (The Encyclopaedia of the Romanesque in Galicia) vol. dedicated to A Coruña, pages. 394-395. Text by Prof. Gerardo Boto Varela.   - Olañeta Molina, J. A. (2016). 'Modelos, programas e interpretación de la representación de Daniel en el foso de los leones como imagen alegórica de Cristo Triunfante en algunos hitos de la ruta jacobea'. Ad Limina, N.º 7. Santiago de Compostela.