| Item Call Number |
CH00828 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
CH00828 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - CH00828
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| Main Entry |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Santa Cruz Church
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| General Note |
- General note - Photo shows the oldest church in Marinduque, built in 1762 by the Jesuits, long before the parish of Santa Cruz was founded in 1783. Sta. Cruz was the first parish established in the province. Two of the pioneering Jesuits assigned there were Fathers Juan de las Misas and Domingo de Peñalvar who both fought against the prevalent practice of slavery. Before the Jesuits came, the island-province was attended to by the seculars. Presently, it belongs to the diocese of Lucena (Quezon), although it was formerly under Lipa (Batangas) from 1910 to 1950. Sta. Cruz is Marinduque''s largest town. Like its capital, Boac, it is also a market town. The Sta. Cruz Church, also called Sta. Cruz de Napo, is a fortress church like the Boac church, but unlike the latter, the former uses the church itself as main line of defense, with only a low wall surrounding it. It was completed in 1714. "A careful scrutiny of the Sta. Cruz church leaves an impression that the church was in fact once a fort. The church is laid out using a Latin cross plan with another nave parallel to the gospel flank. The walls of church are of uneven thickness, getting thinner at the upright shaft of the Latin cross plan. The impression then is that the longer shaft was added later. The apse is neither flat nor arched but rather pointed, so too the transept ends. Pillars support the walls but the pillars do not resemble any known classical orders. They have no capitals, and their bases are half-octagons laid one on top of the other. These supports are best described as shafts stuck to a heavy base. Two sets of corbels, one on top of the other, are found at the ceiling line. Today, the upper corbels support a ceiling, while the lower corbels a blind balustrade. At the epistle transept near the pulpit, we find a door now covered up with mortar. The squarish church windows are built high, though today these are being made bigger and longer. The windows flare outward, reminiscent of openings of fortifications, rather than inwards as in most churches. The sacristy made of bricks is attached to the apse at the gospel side. Of the nave that runs parallel to the main one, this is divided into three empty rooms of unknown use. The facade of the church had been renovated so we cannot say for certain how it looked before. Above the facade is a kingly saint, possibly San Fernando Rey." YYY
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| Additional Physical Form Available Note |
- Additional physical form available note - With prints
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - 1971
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Catholic churches
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Santa Cruz, Marinduque
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 1971
- Focus term - amrt
- Focus term - architecture
- Focus term - church facades
- Focus term - jesuit missions
- Focus term - luzon
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