Crucifix:
The temples, nose, cheekbones, and beard
are angular. The shoulder blade is very pronounced and
forms a V that frames the face and is continued by the
outstretched arms. The ribs are similarly adapted into a
geometric form, one which arcs around the narrow
elliptical abdomen. The set of the legs repeats the
triangular patterns, and the left shin has a sharp edge.
The torso is lighter in color than the face and legs.
The detailing of the arm tendons is realistic. There is
a lesion at the right breast. The wig is very long and
full. The crown is of stiffened rope in the basketweave
pattern, painted green and with exceptionally large
thorns. The cross is of flat boards painted green,
surmounted by a scroll-shaped "INRI" plaque.
Local Name: El Señor de la
Misericordia.
Basis for Identification: Wounds
and blood, crown of thorns, loincloth, INRI plaque.
Site: Church of Santa
Elena de la Cruz, Xoxocotlán.
Location: North
wall of the first chapel in the north wall of the
narthex (see note).
Media and construction: Hollow
material (hollow sound when knocked),
gesso, paint, fabric loincloth over
loincloth of stiffened fabric, rope
crown. Eyes: glass, no lashes. Hair:
wig.
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, 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
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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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