Tlaxcala No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06892TLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: A similar one on the opposite side
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Catedral de San José [a parish church until 1640]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Joseph
Church Notes: The church, built ca. 1526, was made cathedral in 1640
Site Location: Tlaxcala, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: In the old centre, opposite the Mesón Real
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: the base may be a pre-Columbian sone
Font Notes:
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, p. 325