Cuernavaca No. 3

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11902CUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Tequitqui
Museum: Museo Regional de Historia Cuauhnahuac (Palacio Cortes)
Church / Chapel Name: [in a museum -- origin unknown]
Font Location in Church: [In a museum]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] Francisco Leyva 100, Cuernavaca Centro, Centro, 62000 Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
Site Location: Morelos, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: The museum is located on Leyva no. 100, in the historical quarter of Cuernavaca, opposite the Zócalo
Additional Comments: disused font: now in a museum
Font Notes:
Large baptismal font of the hemispherical type located now [2004+] in the Museo Regional Cuauhnáhuac de los Pueblos de Morelos, in the Palacio Cortés, Cuernavaca; the basin has a band around the upper rim that combines nested chevrons with roundels, while the sides and underbowl are covered in a ribbed pattern very much like the ones found in the fonts of Castille, in Spain; the large basin is raised on a squat base, probably modern. [NB: cf. Index entry for Cuernavaca No. 2 for a holy-water stoup listed in the same museum].

COORDINATES

UTM: 14Q 475426 2092140
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 18.921339, -99.233375
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 18° 55′ 16.82″ N, 99° 14′ 0.15″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round