Mani

Image copyright © Fernández, 1992
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Results: 5 records
B01: inscription
LB01: design element - motifs - foliage
R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13855MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Convento de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Yucatán
Directions to Site: Inside the temple, in its baptistery
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in its baptistery
Date: 1631?
Century and Period: 17th century, Colonial
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Fernández (1992). The font consists of a quasi-hemispherical basin with a flat moulding at the upper rim; raised on a quadrangular stem decorated with moulding and foliage, and a lower base of the same shape. The basin has has an inscription painted (?) on its front with the date 22 March 1631.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Spanish
Inscription Location: on the front of the basin
Inscription Text: "[??AO] / DE 22 DE MARZO / AÑO DE 1631"