Zoyatitlanapa

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: bands of it, vertical and horizontal, dividing the sides into rectangles

B02: symbol - Aztec - chalchihuitl

Scene Description: symbol of the Passion in the early colonial art of Mexico

BBU01: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: a row of them, all around the upper basin side

INFORMATION

FontID: 06893ZOY
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Puebla
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Tequitqui
Described and illustrated in Reyes-Valerio (2000: 412) as a holy-water stoup of the 16th century; the basin is cylindrical with profuse ornamentation: a row of ball motif at the upper basin side; bands of foliage motif divede the sides into rectangular compartments, each with a large motif, including the Franciscan arms and the "chalchihuites", or jade roundels, used as symbols of the Passion to represent the wounds of Christ.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (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