cuentos de barro - DSpace Universidad Don Bosco
cuentos de barro - DSpace Universidad Don Bosco
cuentos de barro - DSpace Universidad Don Bosco
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La nave <strong>de</strong>l templo iba perdida en una<br />
tempestad <strong>de</strong> silencio, izadas todas las<br />
velas <strong>de</strong> esperma con sus fuegos <strong>de</strong> San<br />
Telmo. En la popa, como un mesana111 <strong>de</strong>smantelado, iba el crucifijo.<br />
Agruelio era <strong>de</strong>voto <strong>de</strong> Santo Domingo.<br />
Santo Domingo vivía en el rincón más<br />
olvidado <strong>de</strong>l crucero <strong>de</strong> la iglesia.<br />
Era aquél un rincón arrinconado,<br />
oscuro, frío. La casa <strong>de</strong>l santo era un<br />
altar antiguo, <strong>de</strong> un dorado <strong>de</strong> kakaseca;<br />
ornamentado churriguerescamente115 con espirales terrosas, guirnaldas<br />
<strong>de</strong> mugre, gajos <strong>de</strong> uvas, piñas,<br />
granadas, pájaros muertos, mazorcas<br />
<strong>de</strong> máis y rosas petrificadas. Tenía en<br />
la portada unos pilares como pirulíes,<br />
unas columnitas <strong>de</strong> pan francés, unos<br />
capiteles116 <strong>de</strong> melcocha; y, por las<br />
pare<strong>de</strong>s, hojas, hojas, bejucos; meditas,<br />
chirolas117 , colas <strong>de</strong> alacrán y arañas <strong>de</strong><br />
verdad.<br />
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The central nave of the church 112 was<br />
lost in a tempest of silence. All its<br />
candles were like sails 113 hoisted in<br />
honor of Saint Elmo. 114 In the stern, the<br />
crucifix was like a dismantled mizzenmast.<br />
Aurelio was <strong>de</strong>voted to Saint Dominic.<br />
Saint Dominic lived in the most<br />
forgotten place in the transept of the<br />
church.<br />
It was a dark, cold corner. The Saint’s<br />
house was an old altar, gol<strong>de</strong>n,<br />
the color of dry dung, excessively<br />
<strong>de</strong>corated 118 with spirals covered in<br />
dirt, filthy garlands, bunches of grapes,<br />
pineapples, pomegranates, <strong>de</strong>ad<br />
birds, corncobs, and petrified roses.<br />
The faça<strong>de</strong> had pillars like lollipops,<br />
columns of french bread, capitals 119 like<br />
molasses candy, and covering the walls,<br />
leaves, leaves, climbing trees; chirons, 120<br />
tails of scorpions, and real spi<strong>de</strong>rs.<br />
111. RAE: mesana. (Del it. mezzana). 1. amb. Mar. Mástil que está más a popa en el buque <strong>de</strong> tres palos.<br />
112. In Spanish temple and iglesia (church) are used indistinctively by Catholics.<br />
113. Nautical, velas.<br />
114. Maybe a misrepresentation or localization of Saint Elmo. The context gives evi<strong>de</strong>nce that the<br />
interesting phenomenon creates fire in the water… just like St. Erasmus of Formiae, commonly known<br />
as Saint Elmo. See also St. Elmo’s Fire.<br />
115. RAE: churriguerismo. 1. m. Estilo <strong>de</strong> ornamentación recargada empleado por Churriguera, arquitecto<br />
y escultor <strong>barro</strong>co <strong>de</strong> fines <strong>de</strong>l siglo XVII, y sus imitadores en la arquitectura española <strong>de</strong>l siglo XVIII. 2. m.<br />
<strong>de</strong>spect. Ornamentación exagerada.<br />
116. RAE: capitel. (Del prov. capitel). 1. m. Arq. Parte superior <strong>de</strong> la columna y <strong>de</strong> la pilastra, que las corona<br />
con forma y ornamentación distintas, según el estilo <strong>de</strong> arquitectura a que correspon<strong>de</strong>.<br />
117. En este contexto: “chirolas” son las figuras <strong>barro</strong>cas esculpidas en las iglesias, posiblemente un<br />
centauro. RAE: chirola. 1. f. Arg. Antigua moneda <strong>de</strong> níquel, <strong>de</strong> 5, 10 ó 20 centavos.<br />
118. Churriguerescamente in Spanish: a very florid Spanish architectural baroque style of the 17th<br />
century, named after famous architect José Churriguero who had an aversion to empty spaces.<br />
119. In architecture: the crown of a pillar.<br />
120. In Greek mythology: the wise centaur, son of Kronos, who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules,<br />
Jason, and others.