Photo Record
Images
![[Mission Concepcion]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_105/012/thumbs/19960419-3.jpg)
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1996-0419 |
Title |
[Mission Concepcion] |
Description |
View of the front (west) facade at Mission Concepcion. Black & white. |
Date |
N.d. |
Notes |
Note the round window, called an oculus, on the church's front façade. This window is designed to illuminate the altar tabernacle with sunlight on the Feast of the Assumption (of the Blessed Virgin Mary) on August 15th. |
Collection |
SACS Library |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Subjects |
Architecture, Spanish colonial--Texas. Decoration and ornament, Architectural Doors & doorways--Texas-- San Antonio. Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna (San Antonio, Tex.) Missions --Texas -- San Antonio. |
Credit line |
Courtesy of San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Imagefile |
011\19960419.JPG |