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Milagros : votive offerings from the Americas : ofrendas votivas de las Américas / Martha Egan

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Egan, Martha

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Santa Fe, NM : Museum of New Mexico Press , c1991Description: 119 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:

0890132208

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DDC classification:

LAS 231.73 EGA

Summary: A driving force in folk religion, milagros, or ex-votos, are found in cathedrals, humble chapels in rural areas, and roadside shrines across Latin America. This book traces the use and artistry of these small objects, which are offered to saints and other popular deities by Latin Americans in return for favors or answered prayers. The book contains sixteen color and fifty black-and-white photographs, as well as numerous line illustrationsSummary: Una fuerza impulsora en la religión popular, milagros o exvotos, se encuentran en catedrales, capillas humildes en áreas rurales y santuarios al borde de las carreteras en toda América Latina. Este libro traza el uso y el arte de estos pequeños objetos, que son ofrecidos a santos y otras deidades populares por los latinoamericanos a cambio de favores u oraciones contestadas. El libro contiene dieciséis fotografías en color y cincuenta en blanco y negro, así como numerosas ilustraciones lineales.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	LAS 231.73 EGA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064771

Half the book is in English and half the book is in Spanish

A driving force in folk religion, milagros, or ex-votos, are found in cathedrals, humble chapels in rural areas, and roadside shrines across Latin America. This book traces the use and artistry of these small objects, which are offered to saints and other popular deities by Latin Americans in return for favors or answered prayers. The book contains sixteen color and fifty black-and-white photographs, as well as numerous line illustrations

Una fuerza impulsora en la religión popular, milagros o exvotos, se encuentran en catedrales, capillas humildes en áreas rurales y santuarios al borde de las carreteras en toda América Latina. Este libro traza el uso y el arte de estos pequeños objetos, que son ofrecidos a santos y otras deidades populares por los latinoamericanos a cambio de favores u oraciones contestadas. El libro contiene dieciséis fotografías en color y cincuenta en blanco y negro, así como numerosas ilustraciones lineales.

Bilingual book in English and Spanish

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