Tuesday, October 29, 2013

170. THE ROBERTO VILLANUEVA RELIGIOUS COLLECTION

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Comprehensive samples of Fil-Hispanic colonial art are on display with the Villanueva painting collection. They consist of large and smal...
Friday, October 25, 2013

169. The Bangkal Picker II: MORE THRIFT SHOP SANTOS

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Just a few days after I went home from Bangkal with a cache of folk santos, the same seller called me up to say that she has some fres...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

168. COLLECTING MINIATURE SANTOS

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Santos for personal devotion are common in European countries; small metal figures of Christ, the Virgin and patron saints kept in leath...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

167. THE CASE OF THE DOGLESS SAN ROQUE

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ROCH OF AGES. The restored and completed San Roque reunited with a replacement dog. The base was repainted and the santos, which remained ...
Friday, October 4, 2013

166. THE SANTOS OF LA NAVAL

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The Virgin of the Most Holy Rosary, the most important Marian image in the Philippines commisioned by Gov. Gen. Luis Perez Dasmarinas, is cl...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

165. Holy Week Santos: STA. MARIA MAGDALENA

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STA. MARIA MAGDALENA (St. Mary Magdalene) is one of the principal figures of Holy Week processions in the Philippines,  and an image of h...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

164. For Pete's Sake: THE SAVING OF SAN PEDRO APOSTOL

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 Sometime in 2006, my Makati santero, Mr. Francisco “Kiko” Vecin called me up to ask if I was interested in acquiring a vintage ...