Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico
By Claire and Richard Stracke Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. In San Juan Teitipac: Christ
carrying the Cross |
Our Lady of Sorrows |
Our Lady of Sorrows: Local Name: La Madre de los Dolores. Basis for Identification: Standing
beside the crucifix, eyes upward, hands clasped in
prayer, gold-colored sunburst diadem. Site: Church of San
Juan Teitipac. Location: Left of the crucifix in a glass case in the center of a free-standing retablo along the south wall of the nave (see note). Media and construction: Wood, gesso, paint. Open mouth. Size: About 2 feet (60 cm.) Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle, Coixtlahuaca,
Cuilapan1,
Cuilapan2,
Ejutla, Mitla, Nochixtlán,
Ocotlán, Díaz
Ordaz, Tamazulapan, Teotitlán, Teposcolula
(in Calvary group), Tlacolula,
Xoxocotlán, Yanhuitlán (?), Zimatlán. External Links: Next: Also
along the south wall, a statue of St. Peter
the Apostle Introduction to San Juan Teitipac 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.)
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