Morning all. It has been quite a while since I visited this forum. I continue with my research on colonial Mexico. I have a new book in press titled
Conflict and Conversion in SIxteenth Century Mexico Augustinian Missions on and Beyond the Chiichimeca Frontier. One of the areas I study in the book,
which is also the subject of an article soon to appear in the California Missions Study Association Boletin, is the Franciscan missions in the Sierra
Gorda region of what today is Queretaro. The Augustinians first attempted to evangelize the natives in the Sierra Gorda in the 1560s from their
mission San Agustin Xilitla, located in what today is southern San Luis Potosi state.
I am currently working on a similar project to the one David Kier recently published, but on a somewhat diffeerent topic. It will be a guide to
Franciscan missions in Mexico, other than California. There will be sections with detailed entries for selected missions for Central Mexico, the
Yucatan, the Sierra Gorda, and the northern frontieer including Texas, New Mexico, Pimeria Alta, and Baja California.academicanarchist - 11-3-2012 at 09:15 AM
I hope I am able to upload this photo. It is of one of the oldest Franciscan missions, located in Tlaxcala. The church dates to 1539 or 1540, which
was less than two decades following the conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan.academicanarchist - 11-3-2012 at 09:19 AM
Did not work. I image that the file was too large. I am posting the link to another forum where I have posted photos of 16th century central Mexican
missions, including the mission Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, that dates to around 1540. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=355929&pa...academicanarchist - 11-3-2012 at 09:21 AM
Originally posted by academicanarchist
I have a new book in press titled Conflict and Conversion in SIxteenth Century Mexico Augustinian Missions on and Beyond the Chiichimeca Frontier.
Is this available now? Sounds interesting.academicanarchist - 11-3-2012 at 09:23 AM
San Miguel Arcangel Mani, also located in the Yucatan. It was the site of an auto de fe staged by Diego de Landa in 1562 that resulted in the
destruction of Maya religious paraphanelia including prehispanic codices. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/64/escanear0009r.jpg/academicanarchist - 11-3-2012 at 09:39 AM
The book I mentioned above is in press. It will be published by Brill Academic Publishers in the Netherlands. Brill is one of the oldest academic
publishers still in business. The article on the Sierra Gorda will be released this month.David K - 11-3-2012 at 10:51 AM
Hello Robert (academicanarchist)! Great to see you back on Baja Nomad again...
A big thank you also for your assistance with our Spanish translation of 'The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California 1697-1834' ('Las Misiones
Antiguas de Baja y Alta California 1697-1834')...
Nomads who have an interest in wonderful academic historic publications will be richly rewarded in purchasing academicanachist's books (Dr. Robert
Jackson, PhD)... Here is one of Robert's books that is in my collection (note San Borja on cover)
Showing Photos on Nomad...
David K - 11-3-2012 at 11:02 AM
Photos on remote sites to post on Nomad must be no bigger than 800 pixels wide to avoid distorting the page. The book photo above is at 640 pixels
wide.
To have the photos display on Nomad (or any forums), wrap the image URL with these two tags, no spaces, before: [img] and after: [/img]
Use this icon you see when typing a post will add the tags automatically, or image shack (like photobucket) will have IMG as one of the link
selections to share your photos...
academicanarchist - 11-3-2012 at 11:51 AM
David. Unfortunately, my digital photos are about 2-3 timnes the size of the ones you sent me this morning, so they would not be loadable. Image Shack
has a similar limitation on size, so I am unable to upload most of my digital photos.
[Edited on 11-3-2012 by academicanarchist]David K - 11-3-2012 at 12:36 PM
With tags, this is you photo on Nomad as taken right from your link... Looks great!
Adding another...
un mas...
[Edited on 11-3-2012 by David K]academicanarchist - 11-3-2012 at 02:27 PM
The church at Cuauhtinchan has an altar that dates to the 16th century, and probably is the oldest altar in Mexico. It was originally in a church in
Puebla City, and then was installed in the church at Cuauhtinchan around 1590. This link is to a photo of the altar.
