On a sunny Easter morning in Goa, here are some images from the Museum of Christian Art, which I recently photographed:
Nineteenth century 69-cm belt gold coins, enamel, precious stones http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4464900313/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4464895713/in/set-72157623584762555/ Saint Margaret of Antioch, 17th century. Wood, polychrome and gilt http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465723932/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465720988/in/set-72157623584762555/ The cultus of Saint Margaret became very widespread in England, where more than 250 churches are dedicated to her, most famously, St. Margaret's, Westminster, the parish church[2] of the British Houses of Parliament in London. Some consider her a patron saint of pregnancy. In art, she is usually pictured escaping from, or standing above, a dragon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_the_Virgin Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East and was a cradle of gentile Christianity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Mid 20th century, processional banner. Velvet, gold and silk thread. Height 110 cm Length: 79 cm http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465694578/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465700204/in/set-72157623584762555/ Reliquary Chest (Eliquary Coffer).Late 17th century. Silver and wood. H 15.5 cm L 22.5 cm Prof 12.5 cm http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465710372/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465703456/in/set-72157623584762555/ Reliquary monstrance, 17th century. Gilt silver, carved and engraved. [A monstrance is the vessel used in the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic Host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. In the medieval periods monstrances were constructed for the public display of relics, but the term is now usually restricted to those used for hosts.] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465712350/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4464938603/in/set-72157623584762555/ Incense boat. Silver. 17th century. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4464916631/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465693504/in/set-72157623584762555/ Chalice and paten, late 16th century, gilt silver. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4464905345/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465682108/in/set-72157623584762555/ Crucifixes, mid-17th to 18th century. Ivory, wood and silver. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465688684/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465686668/in/set-72157623584762555/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4465683954/in/set-72157623584762555/ General set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157623584762555/ More details about the MoCA (Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa) here: http://christianartmuseum.goa-india.org/ -- Frederick Noronha :: Photography +91-832-240940 +91-9822122436