La anima sola

Authors

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
José Guadalupe Posada

Files

Translated Title

The lonely soul

Description

The recto contains a full-page engraving with a woman in the foreground. Visible from the chest up and otherwise engulfed in flames and standing in front of a barred window, she gazes upwards and stretches an arm upward, showing the shackles around her wrists. Above this scene on a dais made of clouds, Mary and St. Joseph intercede. Three men in robes sitting on thrones represent the Holy Trinity, and they have triangular haloes. Angels attend to the scene.

The text of the verso describes the experience of a soul in Purgatory and entreats the reader to consider such a fate. The bottom of the page is an invocation, asking the Holy Trinity to take pity on the reader's/writer's soul.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Keywords

Broadside, Mexico, Popular Devotion

Disciplines

Catholic Studies | Graphic Communications | Latin American Languages and Societies

Comments

The year of publication provided in this record is approximate, as the publication date is not apparent on the item or in the materials with which it was acquired; the publisher released broadsides during the early 20th century.

Recommended Citation

Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio and Posada, José Guadalupe, "La anima sola" (1900). Marian Broadsides from Mexico. 8.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ml_broadsides/8