Zoyatitlanapa
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06893ZOY
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Tequitqui
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Puebla, Mexico, North America
Font Notes:
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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, p. [412], ill. 149