Xochimilco No. 3
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexand Leigh, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2009 by AlexandLeigh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BaptFontSnBerndinoXochi.JPG] [accessed 6 October 2016]
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design element - patterns - foliated
Scene Description: all around the basin side on both basins
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexand Leigh, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 May 2009 by AlexandLeigh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BaptFontSnBerndinoXochi.JPG] [accessed 6 October 2016]
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design element - patterns - foliated
Scene Description: all around the underbowl of both basins
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexand Leigh, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 May 2009 by AlexandLeigh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BaptFontSnBerndinoXochi.JPG] [accessed 6 October 2016]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Idaliavma, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Idaliavma [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parroquia_y_exconvento_de_San_Bernardino_de_Siena,_Xochimilco_bautisterio.JPG] [accessed 6 October 2012]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: on both stems of the double font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexand Leigh, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 May 2009 by AlexandLeigh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BaptFontSnBerndinoXochi.JPG] [accessed 6 October 2016]
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design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: at the corners of both lower bases of the double font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexand Leigh, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 May 2009 by AlexandLeigh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BaptFontSnBerndinoXochi.JPG] [accessed 6 October 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20753XOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Ex-convento de San Bernardino de Siena de Xochimilco
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bernardino of Siena
Church Address: Avenida Nuevo León 24, Barrio Santa Crucita, Xochimilco, 16070 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico -- Tel.: +52 55 5676 0148
Site Location: Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America
Directions to Site: Located in the Barrio Santa Crucita, in the city centre
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the double-font type, consisting of a main large font with a smaller, stoup-like font of the side; they are matched, both consisting of a hemispherical basin the sides of which are decorated with a pattern large leave all around, and another pattern of smaller leaves on the underbowl; the bases are also matched, a cylindrical stem with a single roll moulding, and a round-to-square lower base with leaf ornament at the corners. The main font has an almost flat round cover with a knob and Latin cross finial.
COORDINATES
UTM: 14Q 489284 2129952
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 19.263183, -99.101981
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 19° 15′ 47.46″ N, 99° 6′ 7.13″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: double-font, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round [A+B]
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, round (both)
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]