Yecapixtla

Results: 3 records

B01: animal - mammal - jaguar - male - 2

B02: human figure - female - exposed breasts - 2

two female figures
Scene Description: two female figures

view of church interior - entrance, choir and west end of nave

the font is under the choir, in the centre of the nave, just inside the entrance
Scene Description: the font is under the choir, in the centre of the nave, just inside the entrance
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx, 2004
Image Source: www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 09199YEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Convento Agustino de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Morelos
Directions to Site: Located about 100 km from Mexico D.F., down road 115
Font Location in Church: Located at the main entrance, western side of the nave, under the choir, in the centre
Century and Period: 16th century(mid-to-late), Tequitqui
Church Notes: The church is described -with a brief mention of the font- in "Yecaxpila es mucho más" by Magalí Sarmiento Fradera, in México desconocido, no. 291 (May 2001) [www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx]
Font Notes:
Duverger (2003: 131) includes this font as one of the late 16th-century Mexican baptismal vessels with pre-Hispanique influences on their ornamentation, in this case the low-relief that shows two male jaguars and two women with naked breasts.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Duverger, Christian, Pierres métisses: l'art sacré des indiens du Mexique au XVIe siècle, Paris: Seuil, 2003