Tlaxcala No. 2

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LB01: coat of arms - Imperial arms of Spain

Scene Description: 16th-century, a/p identification in the web page of the Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud [source: www.imjuventud.gob.mex/Setrvicios/Redtur]]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06892TLA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Catedral de San José [a parish church until 1640]
Church Patron Saints: St. Joseph
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Tlaxcala
Directions to Site: In the old centre, opposite the Mesón Real
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: A similar one on the opposite side
Church Notes: The church, built ca. 1526, was made cathedral in 1640
Described in Reyes-Valerio (2000: 325) as the second of two holy-water stoups in this church. The motif on the base is identified as the imperial arms of Spain in the web page of the Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud [source: www.imjuventud.gob.mex/Setrvicios/Redtur]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Reyes-Valerio, Constantino, Arte indocristiano, México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2000