Mani / Maní
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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
Font ID: 13855MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1631?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Colonial
Church / Chapel Name: Ex-Convento franciscano de San Miguel Arcángel, Maní
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in its baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: built 1548-1557
Church Address: Unnamed Rd, Maní, Yucatán, México
Site Location: Yucatán, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located off road 18, off hwy 184, 55-60 km S of Merida. The church is located at C23-C25, in the centre of town
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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 16Q 250317 2256290
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 20.3885, -89.3923
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 20° 23' 18.7" N, 89° 23' 32.6" W
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"