Milagros: Votive Offerings from the Americas - Softcover

Egan, Martha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890132208 ISBN 13: 9780890132203

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1991

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Publisher

Milagros are small objects offered to saints or popular images of deities in return for favors granted or prayers answered. They are found throughout Latin America, offered by the hundreds of thousands of devoted petitioners whose purchase or fabrication of these votive offerings continues an ancient folk practice. This is a bilingual presentation of seventy-five milagros from around the world.

About the Author

For three decades, Martha Egan has been an importer and dealer in Latin American folk art and antiques through her Santa Fe business, Pachamama. She has authored two successful non-fiction books, magazine articles, and museum catalogue entries, and writes travel articles for The Santa Fe New Mexican. Raised near Green Bay, Wisconsin, she now resides in rural New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890132208
• ISBN 13: 9780890132203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132