Antigua / La Antigua
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuel Ureste, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph in Manuel Ureste [http://blogs.laverdad.es/lavidaencordoba/posts] [accessed 21 March 2010]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16027ANT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1524?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early?)
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita del Rosario, La Antigua
Font Location in Church: Inside the rural chapel
Church Notes: early-16thC church
Church Address: Elodia Rosales, Centro, 91687 La Antigua Veracruz, Ver., Mexico
Site Location: Veracruz, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located off road 180, near Tinajas, about 30 km NW of Veracruz. The small house-like chapel is located near the Iglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje
Font Notes:
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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].
COORDINATES
UTM: 14Q 776004 2138053
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round