Calvary Scene
Site: Church of San
Juan Guelavia.
Location: In a glass
case in the north section of the transept
(see
note).
Crucifix
Local Name: El Señor de la
Misericordia
Basis for Identification: Cross,
crown of thorns, sunburst halo with stars, INRI plaque,
loincloth with scutum, bloody wounds in
side, hands, feet, knees.
Other characteristics: Tinsel rope
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle1, Santa
Ana del Valle2, Santa Ana del
Valle3, Cuilapan,
Etla, Mitla, Nochixtlán,
Tamazulapan1,
Tamazulapan2,
Teitipac1,
Teitipac2,
Teitipac3, Teitipac Our
Lady of the Rosary,
Teotitlán1, Teotitlán2, Teposcolula1,
Teposcolula2,
Teposcolula3
(in Rosary case), Teposcolula
Convento1, Teposcolula
Convento2, Tilantongo1,
Tilantongo2,
Tlacolula1, Tlacolula2,
Xoxocotlán1, Xoxocotlán2, Xoxocotlán3, Xoxocotlán4, Yanhuitlán1, Yanhuitlán2, Yanhuitlán
Convento1, Yanhuitlán
Convento2, Yanhuitlán
Convento3, Yanhuitlán
Convento4, Yanhuitlán
Convento5, Yanhuitlán Ayuxi Chapel, Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Crucifixes
in
Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: Archaeology
of the Cross and Crucifix
Wikipedia: Crucifix
Christian Iconography: The
Crucifixion
Our Lady of Sorrows
Local Name: La Madre de los Dolores
Basis for Identification: Upturned
gaze, clasped hands, blue mantle, sunburst halo,
standing to left of cross.
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle, Coixtlahuaca,
Cuilapan1,
Cuilapan2,
Ejutla, Mitla, Nochixtlán,
Ocotlán, Díaz
Ordaz, Tamazulapan,
Teitipac,
Teotitlán, Teposcolula
(in Calvary group), Tlacolula,
Xoxocotlán, Yanhuitlán (?).
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Mater
dolorosa
Wikipedia: Our
Lady of Sorrows
Christian Iconography: Mater
Dolorosa,
The Sorrowful Mother
Saint John the
Evangelist
Local Name: San Juan Evangelista
Basis for Identification: Youthful
face, upturned gaze, sunburst halo, standing to right of
cross.
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Ejutla, Huitzo, Ocotlán,
Teotitlán,
Teposcolula,
Tlacolula.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Statues
of Saint John the Evangelist in Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: St.
John the Evangelist
Wikipedia: John
the Evangelist
Christian Iconography: Saint
John the Evangelist
Next: We go
to the south wall of the nave to study a statue of the Virgin Mary
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Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions always assume
that the main altar is at the east end of the church,
the narthex or entry area at the west end, and the two
walls
of the nave on the
north and south. (The
nave is the long central section.)
Actual orientations may differ. The
"transept" is the part of the building that crosses
the nave so that the whole building has the shape of a
cross.
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