San Ildefonso
Image copyright © Benjamín Arredondo, 2012
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Benjamín Arredondo, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph in Benjamín Arredondo's blog [http://vamonosalbable.blogspot.ca/2012/02/usos-y-costumbres-la-pila-bautismal-en.html] [accessed 5 April 2012].
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Benjamín Arredondo, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph in Benjamín Arredondo's blog [http://vamonosalbable.blogspot.ca/2012/02/usos-y-costumbres-la-pila-bautismal-en.html] [accessed 5 April 2012].
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 17980ILD
Church/Chapel: Capilla de San Ildefonso
Church Patron Saints: St. Ildephonsus of Toledo [aka Ildefonsus]
Church Location: c/ Ninguno, s/n, San Ildefonso, Tepeji del Rio de Ocampo, Higalgo, Mexico CP 42860
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Hidalgo
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Tepeji del Río de Ocampo, NNW of Tepeji itself, 66 km N of Mexico D.F.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church/chapel
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted and illustrated in Benjamín Arredondo's blog [http://vamonosalbable.blogspot.ca/2012/02/usos-y-costumbres-la-pila-bautismal-en.html] [accessed 5 April 2012]. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base; it appears completely plain. Although we have no documentation on its history it is likely that it belongs to the 16th- or 17th-century missions of this area.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining