Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: La portent[os]a Ymag[e]n del Sr. del Ensino, que se venera en su Santua[ario] á estramur[os] de la Villa de Aguas Calient[es]

Accession number: 
8079
Record number: 
8079-1
JCB call number: 
BA822 N939d
Image title: 
La portent[os]a Ymag[e]n del Sr. del Ensino, que se venera en su Santua[ario] á estramur[os] de la Villa de Aguas Calient[es]
Place image published: 
[Aguascalientes, Mexico]
Image publisher: 
[Alexo Infante]
Image date: 
1822
Image function: 
frontispiece
Technique: 
engraving
Image dimension height: 
12.3 cm.
Image dimension width: 
7.7 cm.
Page dimension height: 
15 cm.
Page dimension width: 
10.4 cm.
Materials medium: 
ink
Materials support: 
paper
Languages: 
Spanish
Description: 
Image of a dark Christ Crucified [Cristo renovado] on an altar with stylized flowers. Includes the legend, "INRI" above the cross and flowing blood.
Source Title: 
Novena del Señor del Ensino, que se venera en la Villa de Aguas Calientes
Source place of publication: 
[Aguascalientes, Mexico]
Source publisher: 
Impresa en el Armadillo por Alexo Infante
Source date: 
1822
notes: 
Between 1773 and 1796, a church was built in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and dedicated to El Señor del Encino, a Black Christ which appeared in the area when lightning struck a tree.
Time Period: 
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor: 
Acquired in 1911.
Owner and copyright: 
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area: 
Spanish America
Subject Area: 
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings: 
Jesus Christ--Apparitions and miracles--Mexico