Friday, January 29, 2016

239. The Untouchable: STA. INES of BULACAN, BULACAN

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TOUCH HER NOT: The revered antique ivory Sta. Ines of Bulacan, Bulacan . In a chapel in Bulacan, Bulacan can be found a small, ivory ...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

238. A SELECTION OF SANTOS FROM PHILIPPINE AUCTION HOUSES, part I

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CALVARIO TABLEAU, from the Bautista Collection. Ivory-headed manikin santos. The corpus of the crucified Christ is all ivory. Leon Ga...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

237. THE HOLY VIRGIN OF INSTANT MERCY, by Gene Cabrera

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Originally published on Free Press,  12 December 1953, pp. 59-61  Pulilan is a town in Bulacan some 46 kilometers north of Manila. Sa...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

236. Santo Stories: SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS y STA. MARGARITA MARIA ALACOQUE of the Dela Cruz Family

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The city of Mabalacat in Pampanga resides an antique devotional tableau rarely seen in private homes. The two-figure tableau depicts the ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

235. CARU-CARUHAN DE BINANGONAN: Santos in Miniature

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MINIATURE TERCERA CAIDA (third fall of Christ).  In Binanongan, Rizal, miniature statues of saints take center stage instead of the usua...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

234. Santo Stories: SAN ROQUE of Bilibid Viejo, Quiapo

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Bilibid Viejo in Quiapo takes pride in having the pilgrim saint, San Roque (St. Rich of Montpellier) as its titular patron. The residen...
Friday, October 23, 2015

233. LA NAVAL DE MANILA SOUVENIR PROGRAMS

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LA NAVAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM, 1957 LA NAVAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM, 1964 LA NAVAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM, 1970 LA NAVAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM,...
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