The discovery of a New World by the spaniards, means
the beginning of the incorporation from aborigin folks of the pre-spanish
America into the Christian culture.As almost usually happens in this
colonization process, the different magical and ritual ways of thinking
of the milenary american cultures were changed for the believes of the
imposed religion.
The
best way of teaching the gospel were images, specially the paints and
sculptures that were brought from the Old Continent and that contributed
to transfer the ideas of the new religion. This kind of visual catechism
was often used by the first misioners and religious congregations, stablished
in America in the XVI century, because of its good results.
La mayoría de los objetos que conforman las colecciones expuestas en
este Museo, tuvieron ese testimonio de fe que actualmente constituye
un elemento importante del patrimonio espiritual y cultural de los pueblos
americanos. El prodigiosos cuidado de las religiosas concepcionistas
ha permitido conservar las valiosas colecciones que se exponen.
Most
of the objects wich are part of the colections showed at this museum,
had a faith testimony that today is an important testimony of the cultural
and spiritual patrimony of american folks. The well care of the noons
helped to conserve the valius colections that are showed. A great number
of sculptures, linen cloth , furniture and ornamental elements, were
part of the dowrys given by the noons (as in marriages) at the moment
of their entry in the monastery. Other colections come from the Diocesis
of Riobamba. The gold and silversmith objects of the XVII and XVIII
centuries are part of the museology special fund, as the monstances,
and among them the one from Riobamba is considered one of the beautiest
of the Hispanic gold religious works, as well as communion cups, large
cups and other ornaments proceeding from the old towns of Cicalpa and
Cajabamba: wonderful works like the crown, the scepter and the clothes
dedicated to adore the virgin: The Cicalpa Lady of Snow. The sculpture
of the Virgin was done in the XVI century by the Toledo's sculptor,
living in Quito, Diego de Robles.
Some joint gatherments were made by the noons, like the beautiful urns
of the christmas nativity scene, wich are formed by small figures of
different styles and epochs. The clothes of different sculptures conformed
by embroideries and inlaid works have and keep been one of the artesanal
traditions of the monastery.
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