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Fronteras de la Historia

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HERRERA GARCIA, FRANCISCO JAVIER  and  SANCHEZ, JOSÉ MARÍA. La Polémica sobre la ubicación del altar mayor de la catedral de México y la adopción del tabernáculo-ciprés exento. Front. hist. [online]. 2013, vol.18, n.2, pp.133-165. ISSN 2027-4688.

Mexico's cathedral construction, mostly completed in 1667, led to an interesting debate about the main altar ideal location: in the transept or near the apse, in accordance with the spanish cathedrals. Finally, the ecclesiastical authorities preferred the traditional method, but instead of the attached altar to the wall, they opted for an original eucharistic exempt tabernacle, which followed the tradition of some spanish cathedrals built from the sixteenth century on, like those located in Granada and Malaga. The opinion of two courtiers and important architects, active in Madrid, as brother Francisco Bautista and Sebastián de Herrera Barnuevo, was decisive. The designer and tabernacle builder was the wood carver and assembler Antonio Maldonado. During the eighteenth century the tabernacle was transformed and finally, in the mid-nineteenth century it disappeared.

Keywords : Antonio Maldonado; Mexico's cathedral; brother Francisco Bautista; Sebastián de Herrera Barnuevo; tabernacle; Viceroy Mancera.

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