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Intra-muros Manila during the Spanish regime where the sacred and profane spaces shared in the same area. Source: Buzeta 1850.
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The Cagsawa Ruins is a popular name of the former Franciscan missionary complex which was demolished and rebuilt – particularly the church and convent – in 1724 by Fray Francisco Blanco, OFM, to make it bigger and stronger. The place was devastated by a violent volcanic eruption on 1 February 1814, when thousands of people in the nearby towns of Ca...
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Augustinian and Franciscan orders in the Philippines brought spiritual cultures among Filipinos. One of these was the influence of their arts and practices which have been visible to their enormous churches built and established during the early 16th to 19th century. Part of the arts used by the two religious orders is the iconic symbols and emblems drawn, etched, affixed, molded or stamped on most of their liturgical objects which they have been using and transferred through space and time, from generation to generation. Many of their sacred symbols can also be found in other institutions, organizations, sacred and non-sacred societies. The focus of this paper is on the identification of sacred symbols common to the two religious orders. This paper gives comparison on the iconic emblems as arts, designs and adornments and understand its depicted characteristics. This paper also gives initial findings on the interpretations of common sacred symbols used by the Augustinian and Franciscan orders.
