Acambaro No. 4 / Acámbaro
Image copyright © Rojas, 1967
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B01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: all around the sides and underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rojas, 1967
Image Source: B&W photograph in Rojas (1967)
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rojas, 1967
Image Source: B&W photograph in Rojas (1967)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
design element - motifs - vegetal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rojas, 1967
Image Source: B&W photograph in Rojas (1967)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07851ACA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century, Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Convento franciscano de Santa Maria de Gracia
Font Location in Church: Located between the entrance hall and the cloister
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located about 70 km SSW of Querétaro
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: originally from the old temple
Font Notes:
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Described with an illustration in Rojas (1967) as an ample holy-water stoup in the 18th-century Franciscan convent that replaced the original 16th-century church. The large stoup consists of a shallow oval (?) basin decorated with profuse foliage ornamentation; the stem of the base is square, of the baluster type, decorated with simple vegetal (?) motifs; the minimal lower base is quadrangular, with two steps.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval?
Basin Exterior Shape: oval?
REFERENCES
- Rojas, Pedro, Acámbaro colonial: estudio histórico, artístico e iconogáfico, México, DF: Imprenta Universitaria, 1967, p. 89-90 and pl. 25