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: 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 church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church interior - door

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view of church interior - nave

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view of church interior - nave - detail

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view of font in context

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view of stoup

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view of stoup

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view of stoup in context

Scene Description: the stoup as it appeared ca. 1963

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04892TEC
Church/Chapel: Originally from the exconvento de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Puebla
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 Location in Church: Sotomayor (1963) reports it in the baptistry of the parish church; his photograph shows the font next to the entrance
Date: 1569?-1579?
Century and Period: 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 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>]
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 Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: oin one of the medallions of the basin side
Inscription Text: "XHS"
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
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
Pimentel, Enrique de Jesús, Criatura tú, Puebla: Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Dirección General de Fomento Editorial, 2000
Reyes-Valerio, Constantino, Arte indocristiano, México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2000
Sotomayor, Arturo, Viajes al pasado de México, México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1963