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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.

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