Zacualpan / Zacualpán de Amilpas
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - striated ribs
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B02: design element - motifs - foliage
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B03: design element - motifs - glyph - jade glyph - Pre-Columbian
Scene Description: a row of them, disk-like, showing between the thick foliage of the basin sides
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BBU01: inscription
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09192ZAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late)?, Tequitqui
Church / Chapel Name: [unknown]
Previous Font Location(s): possibly from the 16thC Augustinian Convento de la Inmaculada Concepción de Zacualpan de Amilpas
Church Address: Zacualpán de Amilpas, Morelos. Mexico
Site Location: Morelos, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km S of Tlacotepec, 30 km NE of Cuautla, 90 km ESE of Cuernavaca
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Duverger (2003: 131, 150, 151, 154): baptismal font of the 16th century made of stone; it consists of three parts: a roughly hemispherical basin profusely ornamented, a short cylindrical stem totally plain and a round lower base splaying out towards the bottom. The decoration on the basin is in very deep-relief, especially the outer thick foliage motifs that open up in parts showing an inner level of ornamentation of plain disks which Duverger relates to the jade disks so popular in pre-Columbian art in Mexico; the upper basin side has an inscription running between two thin mouldings; below this, a ribbed pattern that is visible only where the thick foliage does not totally cover it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 14Q 525351 2076902
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 18.783611, -98.759444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 18° 47′ 1″ N, 98° 45′ 34″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: around the upper basin side
Inscription Notes: some of the inscription can be seen in Duverger's illustration
Inscription Source: Duverger (2003: 151)
REFERENCES
- Duverger, Christian, Pierres métisses: l'art sacré des indiens du Mexique au XVIe siècle, Paris: Seuil, 2003, p. 131, 150, 151, 154