Second order of the columns: columns´ statues of the Portico of Glory. Apostle Santiago

For the second order of columns, Master Mateo is going to introduce a series of statues carved in granite that function as shafts. These had never before been used in Galician Romanesque, and therefore were a novelty. They represent prophets and apostles. Apostle Santiago is in the mullion, as the protagonist, sitting in a curul chair, with a metallic halo adorned with crystals, and holding a tau-shaped staff in his hand. The rest of the statues, only those that make up the central part of the portico have been identified, since the rest have lost part of their polychromy, which was essential to read the signs that identified them with their name or a biblical fragment. On the left side there would be characters from the Old Testament, prophets, on the right the apostles.