Santiago Atitlan No. 2 / Santiago Atitlán
Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 10 December 2024)
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design element - motigs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 10 December 2024)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 10 December 2024)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 10 December 2024)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25754ATI
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol de Atitlán
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater
Church Notes: church of the Franciscan convent built between 1571 and 1582; affected by earthquakes it has been restored and re-built several times since
Church Address: 5av. A 04-060 Zona 2 Cantón Xechivoy, Atitlán, Sololá. Guatemala
Site Location: Sololá, Guatemala
Directions to Site: Located off road RN-11, 9-10 km E of San Lucas Tolimán, in the municipality of Santiago Atitlán, about 60 km from the town of Sololá
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sololá Chimaltenango
Additional Comments: re-purposed font? (was this stoup originally a font?)
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base; the basin has a single moulding below the upper rim as all decoration; the pedestal base is plain but the circular lower base is ribbed all around. The stone of the font appears to be one of volcanic origin. The style of the stoup would fit in the Romanesque font designs in Europe but it is quite likely of the period of the founding of the Franciscan church itself, the midto-late 16th century. [NB: we do not have the mesurements of the object but it could have been originally a font later re-purposed as a holy-water stoup]. [cf. BSI entry Santiago Atitlan No. 1 for the baptismal font in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photographs of this holy-water stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 15P 690755 1619034
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 14.638005, -91.228851
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 14° 38′ 16.82″ N, 91° 13′ 43.87″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round