Cuzco No. 1 / Cusco / Qosqo / Qusqu
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © quinet, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2012 by quinet [www.flickr.com/photos/quinet/89163944/sizes/l/in/photostream/] [accessed 18 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martin St-Amant, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 December 2007 by Martin St-Amant [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cathédrale_de_Cuzco_Décembre_2007_-_Vue_de_Face.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "La Plaza de Armas de Cuzco de nuit, depuis l'église San Cristobal."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martin St-Amant, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2009 by Martin St-Amant [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:81_-_Cuzco_-_Juin_2009.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19994CUZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1668?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (?), Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
Church / Chapel Name: Catedral del Cuzco / Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción [originally Iglesia de Santa María]
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the nave, SW area
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: cathedral building originally an Inca palace, Kiswarkancha; building started 1559; finished 1654
Church Address: Plaza de Armas, 08002 Cuzco, Peru
Site Location: Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America
Directions to Site: Located off road 3S [Av. de la Cultura], about 1,100 km SE of Lima. The cathedral is located in the city centre, just E of the Plaza de Armas.
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis del Cusco
Additional Comments: given its location in te nave, is it being used as a holy-water stoup now?
Font Notes:
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The stone font consists of a roughly-hemispherical basin with a pronounced upper rim; the sides are decorated with rosettes and large foliage motifs all around; the centre ring atop of the pedestal base is square in shape and formed of large moulded scrolls; the stem is round and bulbous decorated with a blank arcade of round arches and large foliage motifs below; the lower base is round-to-square with a rope moulding , a scotia and a braided moulding below. There are several spots of damage on the base; the damage to one of the uppers sides of the basin consists of the usual splitting of the stone by a metal anchoring of the cover resulting in a good-size chunk missing. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 19L 177561 8503767
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): -13.516667, -71.978472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 13° 31′ 0″ S, 71° 58′ 42.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining