Survivors of a Shipwreck: Ivories from a Manila Galleon of 1601. (1st October 2013)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Survivors of a Shipwreck: Ivories from a Manila Galleon of 1601. (1st October 2013)
- Main Title:
- Survivors of a Shipwreck: Ivories from a Manila Galleon of 1601
- Authors:
- Trusted, Marjorie
- Abstract:
- <abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This article explores a find of ivories excavated in the first decade of the current century from a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Mariana Islands, almost 1500 miles from the Philippines, along the route the Manila galleons took on their way to Mexico. In 1601 one of those galleons, the Santa Margarita, sank, along with its rich cargo of goods from the Philippines. The cargo included ivory sculptures, over 300 of which have now been excavated. They consist of fragments of sculptures, and occasionally virtually complete small-scale works, mostly representing Christian subjects, carved by Chinese and Filipino sculptors in the Philippines. This is the first time a specific group of such ivories known to have come from a dated shipwreck has been examined and published. The date of the shipwreck suggests that we should revise the dates of similar pieces, formerly thought to have been carved later on in the seventeenth century, to an earlier date.</p> <p>Este artículo explora el descubrimiento en la primera década de este siglo de unos marfiles excavados en un pecio hundido en el océano Pacífico, cerca de la costa de las islas Marianas, a casi 2500 kilómetros de las Islas Filipinas, en la ruta que los galeones procedentes de Manila seguían hacia México. En 1601 uno de estos galeones, el Santa Margarita, se hundió junto con el rico cargamento que transportaba procedente de Filipinas. El<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This article explores a find of ivories excavated in the first decade of the current century from a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Mariana Islands, almost 1500 miles from the Philippines, along the route the Manila galleons took on their way to Mexico. In 1601 one of those galleons, the Santa Margarita, sank, along with its rich cargo of goods from the Philippines. The cargo included ivory sculptures, over 300 of which have now been excavated. They consist of fragments of sculptures, and occasionally virtually complete small-scale works, mostly representing Christian subjects, carved by Chinese and Filipino sculptors in the Philippines. This is the first time a specific group of such ivories known to have come from a dated shipwreck has been examined and published. The date of the shipwreck suggests that we should revise the dates of similar pieces, formerly thought to have been carved later on in the seventeenth century, to an earlier date.</p> <p>Este artículo explora el descubrimiento en la primera década de este siglo de unos marfiles excavados en un pecio hundido en el océano Pacífico, cerca de la costa de las islas Marianas, a casi 2500 kilómetros de las Islas Filipinas, en la ruta que los galeones procedentes de Manila seguían hacia México. En 1601 uno de estos galeones, el Santa Margarita, se hundió junto con el rico cargamento que transportaba procedente de Filipinas. El cargamento incluía esculturas de marfil, trescientas de las cuales ya han sido extraídas del pecio hundido. Las piezas rescatadas son en su mayoría fragmentos de esculturas y ocasionalmente obras de pequeño tamaño prácticamente completas. En su mayoría representan temas cristianos, tallados en Filipinas por escultores chinos y filipinos. Esta es la primera vez que se conoce un grupo de este tipo específico de marfiles procedentes de un naufragio fechado, examinado y publicado. La fecha del naufragio sugiere que se debería revisar la datación aproximada de este tipo de piezas a una fecha más temprana, ya que siempre se ha pensado que fueron talladas más adelante en el siglo XVII.</p> </abstract> … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Hispanic research journal. Volume 14:Number 5(2013)
- Journal:
- Hispanic research journal
- Issue:
- Volume 14:Number 5(2013)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 14, Issue 5 (2013)
- Year:
- 2013
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2013-0014-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 446
- Page End:
- 462
- Publication Date:
- 2013-10-01
- Subjects:
- Language and culture -- Spanish-speaking countries -- Periodicals
Language and culture -- Portuguese-speaking countries -- Periodicals
Spanish philology -- Periodicals
Portuguese philology -- Periodicals
Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals
Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals
Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals
909.097561 - Journal URLs:
- http://maneypublishing.com/index.php/journals/hrj/ ↗
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/1468-2737 ↗
http://maneypublishing.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1179/1468273713Z.00000000060 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1468-2737
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