Epazoyucan
Results: 4 records
B01: animal - mammal - jaguar - head - 4
B02: symbol - glyph - jade glyph - Pre-Columbian
B03: design element - motifs - floral
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Exconvento agustino de San Andrés, Epazoyucan. Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, MEXICO"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Héctor Enrique Espinosa, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 31 July 2018 by Héctor Enrique Espinosa [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epazoyucan,_joya_del_Siglo_XVI.jpg] [accessed 17 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 09200EPA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Templo y exconvento de San Andrés Apóstol
Church Location: Centro, 43580 Epazoyucan, Hgo., Mexico
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Hidalgo
Directions to Site: Located off road 115, 12-13 km SE of Pachuca de Soto, about 30 km W of Tulacingo
Ecclesiastic Region: Arquidiócesis de Tulancingo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century(late?), Tequitqui
Church Notes: first chapel of 1524(?) may have been Franciscan; mid-16thC(?) Augustinian monastery; secularised 1751 becoming parish church
Font Notes:
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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 choice of ornamental motifs: four jaguar heads, jade glyphs, and choice of floral patterns.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 20.017842, -98.635114
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 20° 1′ 4.23″ N, 98° 38′ 6.41″ W
UTM: 14Q 538165 2213497
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
Duverger, Christian, Pierres métisses: l'art sacré des indiens du Mexique au XVIe siècle, Paris: Seuil, 2003