The Art of Social and Liturgical Order

Throughout the colonial era, Spain and Spanish-born people who lived in New Spain maintained order by means of the Church, with its ecclesiastical and spiritual hierarchy, and a caste system, which designated the purity or mixture of blood lines.


Racial Mixtures

depiction of racial mixtures

Don Juan Xavier

don juan xavier gutiérrez altamirano velasco

Dalmatic

dalmatic with musical angels

Lamp

lamp

Processional Cross

processional cross

Choir Stall

choir stall

Chasuble

chasuble

Chalice

chalice

Tabernacle Door (Discoverer)

tabernacle door (discoverer)