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Christ carrying the cross:
The face is somewhat different from the fallen
Christ in the baptistery, although it has
similarly dark skin: the eyebrows are flatter, the beard
shorter and less detailed.
Basis for Identification: Cross,
crown of thorns in basketweave pattern, red or purple
robe.
Site: Church of San Lorenzo
Zimatlán.
Location: In a niche set into the
south wall (see note).
Media and construction: Wood, gesso,
paint, fabric garments. Eyes: glass. Hair: wig, no hair
beneath the wig. Sculpted teeth.
Size: Figure about 5½ feet
(165 cm.), cross about 2 feet (60 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Cuilapan,
Tlaxiaco,
Yanhuitlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Jesus
Carrying
the Cross
Catholic Encyclopedia: Way
of the Cross
Wikipedia: Stations
of
the Cross
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of Mount Carmel
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Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions in a church
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.
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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;
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