Tepotzotlan No. 1 / Tepotzotlán

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Image copyright © John Barreiro, 2008

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photograph of a font identified as located in the Museo Virreinal de Tepotzotlan, but looks identical to the one in Zinacantepec: is this a labelling error? -- are there two fonts almost identical? -- contacted the photographer by e-mail (7 Feb. 2010) -Barreiro replied: he is absolutely certain this font was at T's museuo virreinal -- IS IT A COPY OF Z?
Scene Description: photograph of a font identified as located in the Museo Virreinal de Tepotzotlan, but looks identical to the one in Zinacantepec: is this a labelling error? -- are there two fonts almost identical? -- contacted the photographer by e-mail (7 Feb. 2010) -Barreiro replied: he is absolutely certain this font was at T's museuo virreinal -- IS IT A COPY OF Z?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Barreiro, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2008 by John Barreiro [http://www.pbase.com/larpman/image/105376266] [accessed 5 February 2010]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11845TEP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Museum: Museo Nacional del Virreinato [antiguo excolegio jesuita e Iglesia de S. Francisco Javier]
Church / Chapel Name: Museo Nacional del Virreinato [antiguo excolegio jesuita e Iglesia de S. Francisco Javier]
Font Location in Church: [inside the museum]
Church Address: Hidalgo, 99, San Martin, 54600 Tepotzotlán, Méx., Mexico -- Tel.: +52 55 5876 0245
Site Location: México, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located 19 km N of Tlalnepantla, off the 570 Mexico-Queretaro road, 45 km N of Mexico city
Additional Comments: NB: the font illustrated in Barreiro's photograph appears to be the one in Zinacantepec -- e-mailed John Barreiro 7 Feb 2010 asking for clarificationm
Font Notes:
Baptismal font in the sacristy noted in www.edomexico.gob.mx [accessed 21 May 2006] [NB: not known whether this font belongs to the first period of the 'Colegio' (ca. 1585) or the later restoration of the mid 18th-century]. [NB: cf. Index entry for Tepotzotlan No. 2 for an Aztec object re-cycled into a baptismal font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 14Q 476715 2179735
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 19.712972, -99.222194
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 19° 42′ 46.7″ N, 99° 13′ 19.9″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone