Our Lady of Sorrows
(Soledad) |
Our Lady of Sorrows (Soledad) Local Names: Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, La Virgen de la Soledad. Basis for Identification:
Head-to-floor mantle making a triangular overall shape,
dark garments, hands apparently closing in prayer. Other characteristics: The hands
hold the crown of thorns on a piece of lace. Site: Church of San Pedro y San
Pablo, Teposcolula. Location: In a glass case in the center of the retablo in the first bay in the south wall of the nave (see note). Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla, Santa Ana del Valle, Coixtlahuaca, Cuilapan, Ejutla, Etla, Huitzo, Mitla, Teotitlán, Teposcolula2, Tilantongo, Xoxocotlán, Yanhuitlán, Zimatlán. External Links: Previous santo Introduction to Teposcolula 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 photo shown here is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free to share or remix it on two conditions: first, that you attribute it to the photographers, Claire and Richard Stracke, without implying any approval of your work on their part; second, that if you alter, transform, or build upon this photo, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. |