Tecali No. 1 / Tecali de Herrera
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Results: 15 records
B01: Christ - monogram - XHS - in a circle - held by angels
Scene Description: held by two kneeling angels as a mandorla
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B02: symbol - shield - coat of arms - in a cricle
Scene Description: in the medallions of the basin sides; they appear to refer to religious orders and themes [perhaps the Instruments of the Passion in one of them?]
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BBU01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: a band of, on the upper basin side
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around the underbowl
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R01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: around the upper rim -- Photograph [ca. 2000?]
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view of stoup
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view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sotomayor, 1963
Image Source: B&W photograph ('Foto AS') in Sotomayor, 1963
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © INAH, 1963
Image Source: B&W photograph ('Foto INAH) in Sotomayor, 1963
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sotomayor, 1963
Image Source: B&W photograph ('Foto AS') in Sotomayor, 1963
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fernández, 1992
Image Source: photograph in Fernandez, 1992
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sotomayor, 1963
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view of church interior - nave
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view of church interior - door
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: the stoup as it appeared ca. 1963
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view of stoup
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04892TEC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1569?-1579?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Tequitqui
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Cuauhxically-type
Cognate Fonts: Other such stoups in area of the same period and general appearance in this area
Church / Chapel Name: Originally from the exconvento de Santiago Apóstol
Font Location in Church: Sotomayor (1963) reports it in the baptistry of the parish church; his photograph shows the font next to the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: The church is now in ruins and in the custody of the INAH. It is believed to have been built between 1569 and 1579 and its builder to have been Claudio de Arciniega, the architect of viceroy Luis de Velasco [source: Puebla's WEB page <www.pue.gob.mx/puebla/html/turismo/tecali.html>]
Site Location: Puebla, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Tecali (or Tecali de Herrera) is located about 46 kms from Puebla on the Tepeaca road (or 37 kms following the Valsequillo road)
Font Notes:
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Sotomayor (1963) notes three admirable holy-water stoups of very large size, carved in a characteristically indigenous style which alternates with Christian monograms; he points out that their cylindrical shape is a clear reference to the pre-Hispanic 'cuauhxicalli', the vessel used for the offering of the human hearts to the deities. [cf. Index entry for Tecali No. 1 for details of one of these stoups]. Monolithic stoup of the late 16th century; the basin is roughly cylindrical; the upper rim has rope motif and a narrow band of foliage below it; the visible part of the basin side shows three circles, the two on the sides have heraldic themes while the centre one -held like a mandorla by a reclining angel on each side- contains Christ's initials; the underbowl is slightly rounded and has large rib motif; the base is round and plain with two roll mouldings close to the top. One of the motifs, a jade roundel, referred to as "chalchíhuitl" or "chalchihuite", is recognised in Reyes-Valerio (2002) as a pre-Columbian symbol for something precious and was often represented with the wounds of Christ and his blood. [NB: we are grateful to Juan Carlos Lersundi, webmaster of the Meridianox site [www.meridianox.com.mx], for the image of this object].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 103-104 cm *[103.75 cm]
Font Height (less Plinth): 108-110 cm *[108.12 cm]
Notes on Measurements: Source: www.pue.gob.mx/puebla/html/turismo/tecali.html? -- *[translated from measurements in inches in www.humanities-interactive.org/splendors/ex048_09d.html]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: initials
Inscription Location: oin one of the medallions of the basin side
Inscription Text: "XHS"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: the "H" is shaped like a Latin cross
REFERENCES
- Duverger, Christian, Pierres métisses: l'art sacré des indiens du Mexique au XVIe siècle, Paris: Seuil, 2003, p. 130-131
- Fernández, Miguel Angel, La Jerusalén indiana: los conventos-fortaleza mexicanos del siglo XVI, México: Edición privada de Smurfit Cartón y Papel de México, SAdeCV, 1992, p. 219
- Pimentel, Enrique de Jesús, Criatura tú, Puebla: Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Dirección General de Fomento Editorial, 2000, (cover; caption on p. 2 of cover))
- Reyes-Valerio, Constantino, Arte indocristiano, México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2000, p. 328, 364
- Sotomayor, Arturo, Viajes al pasado de México, México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1963, p. 169-170