Coixtlahuaca No. 2
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - motifs - crenelated band
Scene Description: around its middle
B02: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: and several other unidentified motifs
INFORMATION
FontID: 03919COI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist?
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Oaxaca
Directions to Site: 32 kms NNW of Nochixtlan, in the Sierra Madre del Sur region
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery, under the choir
Century and Period: 16th century(mid?)
Font Notes:
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The basin of the holy-water stoup is, in general shape, not too different from the baptismal font in the same church, but has a crenelated band around its middle and various [unidentified] single motifs on the sides, some vegetal, some "X" or cross-shaped. It now appears raised on a square pedestal base which is obviously not the original for this object. The source gives the material simply as "cantera policromada" [=polychromed stone]. It appears to have a lead lining (description based on an illustration in Vences (2000))
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Vences Vidal, Magdalena, Evangelización y arquitecturá en Coixtlahuaca (Oaxaca) México, Salamanca: Editorial San Esteban, 2000