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Unidentified Franciscan
The design is of lines scratched to reveal the
gold. There is little sheen to the face.
Basis for Identification: A
book resting on the left hand, a curly tonsure, a brown
habit with a cord.
Other characteristics: A
palm in the right hand.
Location: In a
niche above the central glass case in the second of the
four retablos along the north wall of the nave
(see note).
Media and construction: Polychrome. Eyes: painted.
Size: About 3 feet (90 cm.)
Christ Fallen with the
Cross
The figure is bald but has very good, lifelike
skin. There is a great deal of blood, and the left
elbow has been ulcerated, as if by the three falls. Light
purple robe.
Location: Under a canopy, above the glass case in
the center of the third of the four retablos along the
north wall of the nave (see
note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint.
Size: 32 inches
(81 cm.) from the tip of the raised left hand to the
knee on the ground.
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Coixtlahuaca,
Etla, Guelavia,
Huitzo,
Teposcolula,
Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons: Jesus
Fallen
Beneath the Cross
Catholic Encyclopedia: Way of
the Cross
Wikipedia: Stations
of
the Cross
Unidentified Saint
Something must once have been in the left palm;
now it holds only a piece of rope. The skin is fairly
well done but has little sheen and a somewhat plastery
look.
Basis for Identification: Looking
at the palm of the left hand, in a brown cassock and
white lace surplice.
Location: In a glass
case below the central case in the third of the four
retablos along the north wall of the nave
(see note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint; fabric garments.
Size: About 2 feet (60 cm.)
Crucifix
Very bloody, looks old.
Local Name: El Señor de la
Misericordia.
Location: Above the Soledad
in the retablo at the east end of the north wall of the
nave (see note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint.
Size: About 6 feet (180 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle1, Santa Ana del
Valle2, Santa Ana del
Valle3, Cuilapan,
Etla, Guelavia,
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
Christ in a Coffin 1
The face is beneath a cover of the same fabric
as the coverlet.
Local Name: El Señor de la
Muerte.
Basis for Identification: Lying
in a coffin, face and body under red coverlets.
Location: Below the Soledad
in the retablo at the east end of the north wall of the
nave (see note).
Media and construction: Hair: Wig.
Size: About 5 feet (150 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Huitzo,
Mitla,
Tamazulapan,
Teitipac,
Teotitlán,
Teposcolula,
Tlacolula,
Xoxocotlán
(in the Soledad group), Zaachila.
External
Link:
Wikimedia Commons: Statues
of suffering Christ in a coffin
Christ in a Coffin 2
Local Name: El Señor de la Muerte.
Location: On an altar in the chapel off the east end of
the south wall of the nave.
Comparable santos, External Link: see above
Christ?
Standing in a green robe.
Location: Niche in the
southeast corner of the nave.
Virgin and Child
Location: Lower center of the retablo of
another altar along the south wall of the nave (not
the same altar as for the Blue Virgin and the Palm Sunday
Christ).
Comparable
santos in Oaxaca: Coixtlahuaca, Coixtlahuaca2,
Cuilapan,
Guelavia,
Huitzo,
Díaz
Ordaz1, Díaz
Ordaz2, Zimatlán.
External
Links:
Wikimedia Commons: Statues
of
Virgin Mary in Mexico
Christian Iconography: The
Virgin
and Child
Unidentified Dominican
The right hand is raised in blessing. The left
is held at waist height. Under the heavy robes, the
legs are outlined, the left knee bent. The figure is
very dusty, but a gold pattern can just be made out on
the white robes.
Basis for Identification: Curly
tonsure, black and white habit.
Location: Small
upper niche in the first retablo past the portal in the
south wall of the nave (see note).
Media and construction: Polychrome.
Size: About 3 feet (90 cm.)
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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.
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