Actopan / Actopán
Image copyright © Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, 1955
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Results: 5 records
LID01:
human figure - male
Scene Description: Bearded male figure, standing, has a naked torso and carried a now broken object in his right hand and a staff in his left: John the Baptist
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Conaculta-INAH-MEX, 2000
Image Source: Ballesteros García (2000)
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view of church interior - sacristy
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, 1955
Image Source: B&W photograph in Mac Gregor (1955)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, 1955
Image Source: B&W photograph in Mac Gregor (1955)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Conaculta-INAH-MEX, 2000
Image Source: Ballesteros García (2000)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION [requested] NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis MacGregor, 1955
Image Source: B&W photograph in Mac Gregor (1955)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 03456ACT
Church/Chapel: Convento de los Agustinos de Actopán
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Tolentino
Church Location: Avenida s/n Actopan, Lerdo de Tejada, 42505 Actopan, Hgo., Mexico
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Hidalgo
Directions to Site: Located off highway 85, about 100 km N of the DF
Font Location in Church: Near the double arch leading into the sacristy
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Church Notes: In the church of the Augustinian monastery, which is dated to the mid to late 16th century and "is painted with colourful scenes from the Bible, from the Creation to the Final Judgement, useful to the friars in explaining Christian doctrine", as well as one of "sinners' being tortured in Hell by different kinds of demons in a sea of fire" (Ballesteros García, 2000, p. 87-88)
Described and illustrated in MacGregor (1955), who notes that although the enormous basin is said to have been carved out of a single piece of stone, in his opinion it appears to consist of pieces of masonry coated with stucco painted abright red both inside and out; the upper rim is made up of moulded blocks held together by an iron band; the low-dome cover is made of wood, and the statue of St. John the Baptist is described as being of poor quality [="pobre calidad"]. Illustrated in Ballesteros García (2000): a large circular font shaped like a squat gobblet is raised on a short base and a two-step plinth, all of them round. It is white-washed all over and appears plain except for a round moulding where the basin meets the upper base. It has a very large wooden cover with three articulated gull-wing windows and the figure of John the Baptist atop as finial. [NB: although devoid of any figural ornamentation, and with the lid on, its shape resembles somewhat a front view of the beautiful medieval font at Provins, France]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
20.2684,
-98.943
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
20° 16′ 6.24″ N,
98° 56′ 34.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, unknown
Number of Pieces: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 16th century?
Material:
wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes for details]
REFERENCES
Ballesteros García, Víctor, "Sixteenth-Century Monastery Architecture in the State of Hidalgo", 52, Voices of Mexico, 2000, pp. p. 81-89; r["References"]
MacGregor, Luis, Actopan, México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1955
