Christ in a Coffin |
Christ in a coffin Local Name: El Señor de la
Muerte. Site: Church of San Pedro y San
Pablo, Teposcolula. Location: In a glass case in the lower section of the altar that is just past the narthex in the north wall of the nave (see note). Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Huitzo, Mitla, Tamazulapan, Teitipac, Teotitlán, Tlacolula, Xoxocotlán (in Soledad group), Zaachila. External Links: Next:
Moving along the north wall, just before the north
portal, we find a statue
of an unidentified monk. 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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