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Holy cards / Barbara Calamari & Sandra DiPasqua

By:

Calamari, Barbara

Contributor(s):

DiPasqua, Sandra

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : H.N. Abrams, 2004Description: 144 p. : illus. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780810943384

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

760.044 CAL

Summary: Often used in daily rituals or given out at significant life events such as wakes and funerals, communions and confirmations, the holy card can be appreciated as both a religious tradition and a beautiful work of folk art. This comprehensive volume offers a richly illustrated overview, organized thematically, along with brief biographies and attributes of prophets and angels, disciples and evangelists, hermits and visionaries, martyrs and mystics - in exquisite depictions that run the gamut from dramatic and disturbing to moving and comforting.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	760.044 CAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non fiction		025556

Includes bibliographical references (p. 144).

Often used in daily rituals or given out at significant life events such as wakes and funerals, communions and confirmations, the holy card can be appreciated as both a religious tradition and a beautiful work of folk art. This comprehensive volume offers a richly illustrated overview, organized thematically, along with brief biographies and attributes of prophets and angels, disciples and evangelists, hermits and visionaries, martyrs and mystics - in exquisite depictions that run the gamut from dramatic and disturbing to moving and comforting.

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