Item Details
San Juan Capistrano Mission, California
| Format | Postcard |
|---|---|
| Description | 2 pages |
| Language | English |
| City, State | San Juan Capistrano, CA |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Subject | Fine Arts |
| Notes | "Earthquake has rent, man has despoiled, time has renounced the Mission San Juan Capistrano, yet its pure nobility survives, indestructible. The tower has fallen, the sanctuary is bare and weather-beaten, the cloisters of the quadrangle are roofless, and the bones of forgotten padres lie beneath the roots of tangles shrubbery; but the bells still hang in their rawhide lashings and the cross rises, white against the sky. The mission dominates the valley. Go where you will, the eye turns to the colossal fragment, a forlorn but vital thing, broken, crushed, and yet undying" |
| Collection | James R. Tanis Collection of Church Postcards |
| Contributor | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Rights |  Copyright Not EvaluatedDigitized collections are made accessible for purposes of education and research.
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