Tepotzotlan No. 1 / Tepotzotlán
Image copyright © John Barreiro, 2008
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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
FontID: 11845TEP
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Nacional del Virreinato [antiguo excolegio jesuita e Iglesia de S. Francisco Javier]
Church/Chapel: Museo Nacional del Virreinato [antiguo excolegio jesuita e Iglesia de S. Francisco Javier]
Country Name: Mexico
Location: México
Directions to Site: Located 19 km N of Tlalnepantla, on the Mexico-Queretaro road, 45 km from Mexico city
Font Location in Church: [inside the museum]
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century,
Font Notes: Click to view 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]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone