The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Spring 1995, Volume 41, Number 2
Richard W. Crawford, Editor

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Front cover image: La Madre Santisima de la Luz

Front cover image: Elizabeth Court, from the Balboa Art Conservation Center, cleaning the surface of the painting La Madre de la Luz by Luis de Mena.

La Madre Santisima de la Luz

Page 74. Above: Luis de Mena, La Madre Santisima de la Luz, formerly at Mission San Diego.

La Madre Santissima del Lume

Page 75. Anonymous Sicilian painter, La Madre Santissima del Lume, 1722, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Cathedral.

La Devocion de Maria Santissima de la Luz

Page 76. Title Page of La Devocion de Maria Santissima de la Luz, 1737.

La Devocion de Maria Santissima de la Luz

Page 77.

Page 78. Unsigned engraving of Our Lady of Light, private collection. 18th century.

engraving of Our Lady of Light

Page 78. Stone relief from façade of the Castrense Chapel of Our Lady of Light, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1761, now in the reredos of the Church of Cristo Re, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Title Page of Sermon

Page 79. Title Page of Sermon La Luz de la Luz, 1750.

Page 80. Tin retablo  of Our Lady of Light, 19th century, private collection.

Page 80. Woodcut of Our Lady of Light from Siete Sabados.

Page 80. Title Page of Siete Sabados.

Our Lady of Light

Page 81. Tile panel of Our Lady of Light, Puebla, Iglesia de la Luz, late 18th century.

Saint Joseph of Light

Page 81. Tile panel of Saint Joseph of Light, Puebla, Iglesia de la Luz, late 18th century.