Zacatelco
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symbol - Aztec - chalchihuitl
![pre-Columbian motif later used as symbol of the Wounds of Christ [cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/bsi-testing-site/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: pre-Columbian motif later used as symbol of the Wounds of Christ [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 06904ZAC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María [ex-convento franciscano]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Tlaxcala
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km S of Tlaxcala, 28 km from Puebla, 122 km from Mexico City
Century and Period: 16th century(late?), Tequitqui
Font Notes: Click to view 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