A 13th-14th Century Floortile Of A Fish-a Sturgeon?

A rare early floortile. Another slightly different one can be found in the collection of de Benoit Fay-‘’ Le monde carre’’.

What did the fish symbolize in medieval times? With the spread of Christianity and its pictorial culture, fish symbolism became polysemic. First of all, it is a symbol of baptism: as a fish cannot live without water, so a true Christian won't find salvation without passing through the waters of baptism. More in general a fish is considered a symbol of the origin of life in accordance with the traditional cosmogonic concepts of most peoples of the Earth: life originated from water, and therefore is associated with the process of fertilization.

Origin: French- Champagne or Bourgogne
Seize: 11x9,3x3 c.m.