Ozumba / Ozumba de Alzate
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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human figure - female - wearing hood - standing
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of stoup
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18479OZU
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Inmaculada Concepción [ex-convento franciscano]
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Location: Alzate 9, Centro, 56800 Ozumba, State of Mexico, Mexico -- Tel.: +52 597 976 2218
Country Name: Mexico
Location: México
Directions to Site: Located off the Mexico City-Cuautla highway, 70 km SE of Mexico city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Valle de Chalco
Font Location in Church: At the entranceway
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Tequitqui
Workshop/Group/Artisan: tequitqui
Cognate Fonts: other such in Mexico
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup made up of a human figure standing on a moulded square pedestal holding a ribbed basin with both hands against her shoulder. The carving is in the 'tequitqui' style of early Mexican fonts. Cruz Gonzalez (2009) notes that baptismal records here indicate that this monastery church became the parish church of the area in the 17th century.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 19° 2' 17.35" N, 98° 47' 43.68" W
UTM: 14Q 521717 2105174
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Cruz Gonzalez, Cristina, "Landscapes of Conversion: Franciscan Politics and Sacred Objects in Late colonial Mexico (Doctoral thesis -- University of Chicago)", 2009