The redesigned image of Cristo de Medinaceli, owned by the Brotherhood of Our Lord Christ and Christ Medinaceli of Silence, tonight's parade procession escorted by the brothers Arrest of the Royal Brotherhood of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno and Third of Romans.
The author of the picture enhancement Spiteri has been Mariano Sanchez has taken almost seven months in the recovery of height in some areas, like feet, had cracks up to 7.5 inches deep.
You proceeded to clean the repainting to discover the real tone of the visible parts of Christ (head, hands and feet).
The Brotherhood decided to undertake the restoration of the image to see small longitudinal feuds that have caused the movement of the wood.
In addition, micro-faults have been observed from the surface and general erosion.
Spiteri subjected to size Insulated treatment to treat the infection by wood-eating insects (beetles), a procedure that lasted 25 days.
This image of dressing in red pine and painted is of natural size and was sculpted by José Pedroza Plans in 1951, Christ commissioned the artist for Castaño Gomez family (known as Felix Abarán Cayetano).
The Brotherhood has another image, the Messiah of Silence, which parades in the town Holy Thursday in a solemn procession of Silence, part of the atrium of San Pablo.
The procession of the Arrest party tonight from the church of San Juan Bautista at 22.00 hours and will cover the main streets of the city: Avenida de Cieza, Plaza de la Zarzuela, Dr. Molina, MD and Bernardo Gómez Guillamón to conclude in the atrium the church of San Pablo.
It will scroll the Brotherhood of Descent and the Agony in the Garden with the mystery of "The Agony in the Garden," the Brotherhood of the Flagellation, with the image of the Kiss of Judas, the Royal Brotherhood of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno and Third of Romans accompanying the Christ of Medinaceli, the Brotherhood of St. John the Evangelist with the image of St. James the Great, The Brotherhood of Ecce Homo, which parades the likes of Pontius Pilate and, closing the procession, the Brotherhood of the Servants of Mary the image of the Virgen de la Esperanza, which will wear the green robe embroidered in gold that opened in 2009 for the procession of Arrest.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Abarán