Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico
By Claire and Richard Stracke Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. In
San Miguel Ejutla: |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Local Name: La Virgen del Carmen, more formally Nuestra Señora de Monte Carmelo. Basis for Identification: Brown
habit with bib, child on left arm whose right hand is
raised in blessing, scapulars. Other characteristics: White veil on
Virgin, white gown on child. Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Coixtlahuaca
main altar, Cuilapan, Etla, Guelavia, Huitzo, Teitipac, Teposcolula,
Tlaxiaco,
Xoxocotlán,
Zaachila,
Zimatlán. External Links: Next: A statue of the Virgin
Mary in a coffin Introduction to San Miguel Ejutla 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. |