Cuauhtinchan
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: view of the south tower from the cloister
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view of church exterior - cloister
Scene Description: view of the cloister and other dependencies from the south tower
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church interior - painting
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fresco de jaguar en el interior del convento." -- Interesting sample of the 'tequitqui' art: the Mayan jaguar with the knotted Franciscan cingulum above
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view of church interior - retable
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view of font
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sotomayor, 1963
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph ('Foto AS') in Sotomayor (1963)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06894CUA
Object Type: Baptismal Font?
Church/Chapel: Ex-Convento de San Juan Bautista
Church Location: 21040 Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, Mexico
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Puebla
Directions to Site: Located E of Tecali de Herrera, 35 km E of Puebla
Ecclesiastic Region: Arquidiócesis de Puebla
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the choir
Date: ca. 1581?
Century and Period: 16th century(late?)
Church Notes: Franciscan convent of the 16thC
Font Notes:
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Sotomayor (1963) notes and illustrates a gigantic holy-water stoup, round and detached, inside, near the entrance; the object cosists of a large roughly hemispherical basin with a common torus-scotia-torus decoration around the upper basin side; it is raised on a short round-to-square pedestal base. Described in the Puebla state web site [www.puebla.gob.mx/cultura/museos/mreligioso.html] as a baptismal font of grey stone with a large basin {over 1.5 m in diameter).
COORDINATES
UTM: 14Q 603556 2096199
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, grey
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): [over 150 cm]*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Sotomayor, Arturo, Viajes al pasado de México, México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1963