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Saint Joseph
Basis for Identification: With
double pomegranate, indigenous style.
Location: In a glass
case on the altar in the third bay of the north wall of
the nave, above the Virgin and Child (see note).
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del Valle,
Cuilapan1, Cuilapan2,
Mitla1, Mitla2, Ocotlán, Díaz
Ordaz, Teitipac.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons: Statues
of Saint Joseph in Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: St.
Joseph
Wikipedia: Saint
Joseph
Christian Iconography: Saint
Joseph, Father of Jesus
Four santos
Location: Behind plastic sheeting covering the
upper area of the retablo along the second bay in the
north wall of the nave (see
note).
Unidentified Saint
Location: Left end of the top
tier of the retablo of the main altar.
Size: 3½ feet (105 cm.)
Unidentified Monk
Basis for Identification: Tonsure,
closed book in left hand
Location: Left end of the third tier from the top
of the retablo of the main altar.
Media and construction: Polychrome.
Size: 4½ feet (135 cm.)
Unidentified Pope
Very dusty.
Basis for Identification: Triple
crown.
Location: Right end of the
second tier from the top of the retablo of the main
altar.
Media and construction: Apparently
polychrome.
Size: 4½ feet
(135 cm.)
Christ
The beard is a different color than the hair. The
statue is badly chipped and has lost the thumb and
pinkie of the left hand. Several fingers have been
reattached.
Location: South nave (see note)
Media and construction: Carved
loincloth with gold paint. Wood,
gesso, paint; painted eyes, carved hair.
Size: 4 feet (120 cm.)
Unidentified Saint
Hands pressed together as in prayer.
Location: On a retablo in the second bay in the
north wall of the nave (see
note).
Unidentified Female
Saint
The figure's left hand holds the book to the left
thigh. There are a few glints of what seems to be the
gold of polychrome, but the statue is very dusty.
Basis for Identification: Long
hair, veil, closed book in hand.
Location: Left
end of the second tier from the top of the retablo of
the main altar.
Media and construction: Possibly
polychrome, certainly wood/gesso/paint.
Size: 4½
feet (135 cm.)
Unidentified Saint
The saint gazes at the open palm of the left
hand, which presumably once held an object of some sort.
Location: Bottom left of the retablo of the main
altar.
Media and construction: Gold
halo. Polychrome.
Size: 4½ feet (135 cm.)
Unidentified Saint
Basis for Identification: The
figure holds a closed book at the hip; on the book is a
church.
Location: Right end of the third tier from the
top of the retablo of the main altar.
Media and construction: Polychrome.
Size: 4½ feet (135 cm.)
Unidentified Saint
The polychrome is exceptionally beautiful. A
book, which looks real, is tied to the left hand. The
right hand is poised as if it once held a staff or other
object.
Basis for Identification: Gold
halo, book in hand.
Location: Bottom right of the retablo of the main
altar.
Media and construction: Polychrome.
Size: 4½ feet (135 cm.)
San Pedro
Apóstol
Location: In a glass case in the upper section of
the retablo in the first bay of the south wall of the
nave (see note).
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Coixtlahuaca, Etla, Huitzo, Mitla, Díaz
Ordaz,
Tamazulapan, Teitipac1,
Teotitlán1,
Teotitlán2, Teposcolula1,
Teposcolula2, Yanhuitlán.
External links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Statues
of St. Peter in Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: St.
Peter, Prince of the Apostles
Wikipedia: Saint
Peter
Christian Iconography: Saint
Peter the Apostle
Unidentified
Dominican
The church in the saint's hand has a boxy look,
with at least one tower. The right hand is unusually
large.
Basis for Identification: Habit,
church held in left hand.
Location: Left end of the third tier from the
top, retablo in second bay in the north wall of the nave
(see note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint.
Size: 4 feet (120 cm.)
Unidentified Saint
There is much dust on the statue.
Media and construction: Apparently
polychrome.
Size: 4½ feet (135 cm.)
Location: Right end of the top tier of the
retablo of the main altar.
Crucifix
Local name: El Señor de la Misericordia.
Location: South chapel (see note).
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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.
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