Antigua / La Antigua

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R01: design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital photograph in Manuel Ureste [http://blogs.laverdad.es/lavidaencordoba/posts] [accessed 21 March 2010]

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view of church exterior - west end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuel Ureste, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph in Manuel Ureste [http://blogs.laverdad.es/lavidaencordoba/posts] [accessed 21 March 2010]

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view of font in context

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Image Source: digital photograph in Manuel Ureste [http://blogs.laverdad.es/lavidaencordoba/posts] [accessed 21 March 2010]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16027ANT
Church/Chapel: Ermita del Rosario
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Veracruz
Directions to Site: Located near Tinajas. The small house-like chapel is located near the Iglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje
Font Location in Church: Inside the rural chapel
Date: ca. 1524?
Century and Period: 16th century(early?),
A baptismal font of dark stone is kept inside the Ermita del Rosario, said to be the earliest baptismal chapel in continental Mexico. The basin is roughly hemispherical with a pronounced moulding at the upper rim as its sole decoration; raised on a short base. Noted and illustrated in Ureste (2009) [http://blogs.laverdad.es/lavidaencordoba/posts] [accessed 21 March 2010].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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