Coixtlahuaca No. 2

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03919COI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid?)
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery, under the choir
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist?
Site Location: Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: 32 kms NNW of Nochixtlan, in the Sierra Madre del Sur region
Font Notes:
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, ill. on p. 281