Guadalupe, a living image
December 1531, the Holy Virgin appears in Mexico to a poor native, he tells his story but nobody believes him. The Holy Virgin tells the man to wrap in his mantle some Castillan roses which were mysteriosuly grown on a rock. He goes to the bishop and open his mantle, showing the miracle: the mantle carries a marvellous image of the Virgin. The stars of the mantle reproduces the exact astral position of the day of the apparition (12.12.1531). The technique used to paint this mantle seems unknown ...
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December 1531, the Holy Virgin appears in Mexico to a poor native, he tells his story but nobody believes him. The Holy Virgin tells the man to wrap in his mantle some Castillan roses which were mysteriosuly grown on a rock. He goes to the bishop and open his mantle, showing the miracle: the mantle carries a marvellous image of the Virgin. The stars of the mantle reproduces the exact astral position of the day of the apparition (12.12.1531). The technique used to paint this mantle seems unknown and mysterious, the colours are still intact after 479 years. But that is not all: an extraordinary connection reveals that the name Guadalupe is tied with Saint Lucas.
