Xochimilco No. 2
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - knotted - Franciscan cingulum
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angel
Scene Description: a numbar of them all around rthe basin
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - knotted - Franciscan cingulum
Scene Description: Source caption: " Pila bautismal de barco en el interior del Antiguo Convento de Santa María de la Visitación Tepepan, en la delegación Xochimilco, Ciudad de México. Elaborada en 1599 por artesanos de Tepepan, dirigidos por los franciscanos. La decoración representa un mundo de alegría y belleza cuyo centro es Cristo; simboliza la verdadera vida a la que se nace al ser bautizado."
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Christ - head - haloed - radiant halo - in a cartouche
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design element - patterns - diaper - with round insert
Scene Description: as background all around the basin sides
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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angel
Scene Description: several
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design element - motifs - garland
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05252XOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1599
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Tequitqui
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Visitación [Antiguo Convento de Santa María de la Visitación]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Visitation of St. Mary
Church Notes: It is believed that the site of the former monastery and present parish church had been the residence/dormitory of the "caciques" of Xochimilco, and a temple to the Aztec godess Tonantzin
Church Address: Hidalgo & Niños Héroes, Tepepan, Xochimilco, 12400 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico -- Tel.: +52 55 5676 0967
Site Location: Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located in the Colonia María de Tepepan, on the very top of the Cerro de Tepepan, at he corner of Hidalgo with Niños Héroes
Font Notes:
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Noted in the web site of the Mexican Ministerio de Cultura (www.cultura.df.gob.mx). Baptismal font made of glazed earthenware and ornamented with angels, a head of Christ in a cartouche, garlands, etc,; the decoration is profuse both on the basin and stem sides; the rim of the basin and the lower edge area decorated with the Franciscan rope cingulum. A work reminscent of the glazed fonts being made in Spain for churches in Andalusia, the Canary Islands, etc. in the same period.
COORDINATES
UTM: 14Q 489284 2129952
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 19.263183, -99.101981
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 19° 15′ 47.46″ N, 99° 6′ 7.13″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: ceramic, clay (glazed)