Majesty:

Majesty:

The term applied in Catalonia to a type of carved images of Christ on the Cross, represented with the eyes open, dressed in a tunic, and the with the arms in a horizontal position.  It symbolises the triumph of Christ over death.  In general, the most famous example is the Volto Santo of Lucca, in Tuscany (Italy), the worshipping of which must have spread to the Romanesque Catalonia, highlighted by the so-called Majestat Batlló, conserved in the Museum.