Zacatelco

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06904ZAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late?), Tequitqui
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa María [ex-convento franciscano]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Tlaxcala, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km S of Tlaxcala, 28 km from Puebla, 122 km from Mexico City
Font Notes:
Listed in Reyes-Valerio (2000: 364) as a baptismal font of the 16th century ornamented with mixed Christian and pre-Hispanic motif ornamentation, in this case the "chalchihuitl y llagas" [=jade roundel and the Wounds of Christ].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Reyes-Valerio, Constantino, Arte indocristiano, México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2000, p. 364