Huejotzingo

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Results: 5 records

B01: symbol - wheat - sheaf

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Image Source: detail of a photograph in Fernández, 1992

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B02: symbol - tree or plant?

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R01: symbol - rope - knotted - Franciscan cingulum?

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: detail of a photograph in Fernández, 1992

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view of base

Scene Description: notice the Talavera ceramic bowls incorporated in the base

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Image Source: detail of a photograph in Fernández, 1992

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view of font

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Image Source: photograph in Fernández, 1992

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13854HUE
Church/Chapel: Ex-Convento Franciscano?
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Puebla
Century and Period: 16th century, Tequitqui
Baptismal font of the 16th century consisting of a cylindrical basin decorated with a moulding shaped like a Franciscan cingulum at the upper rim; below it are a number of motifs: protruding sheafs of wheat, tendrils or branches, etc., some of them still painted; the underbowl chamfer is plain and crudely cut (perhaps as a result of having had the lower part of the basin carved off?); It is mounted on a strange platform described in Fernández (1992) as "a circular piece which contains Talavera ceramic of Puebla".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fernández, Miguel Angel, La Jerusalén indiana: los conventos-fortaleza mexicanos del siglo XVI, México: Edición privada de Smurfit Cartón y Papel de México, SAdeCV, 1992