Antigua Guatemala No. 2 / Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - John the Baptist - with staff
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
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design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 December 2024)
design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 December 2024)
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hospital de San Pedro Church (Antigua Guatemala)" -- the Hospital is the building on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bruno Rijsman, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a 15 February 2020 digital photograph by Bruno Rijsman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_(Mexico,_February_2020)_-_117_(49987746118).jpg] [accessed 14 December 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 December 2024)
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 14 December 2024)
INFORMATION
FontID: 25757GUA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Paroquial de San Pedro Apóstol / Iglesia del Hospital de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 6ª Calle Oriente, nº 20, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
Country Name: Guatemala
Location: Sacatepéquez
Directions to Site: Located off (W) RN-10, E of road 14, about 20 km ESE of Guatemala capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis de Guatemala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century (?), Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: built 1654; provisional cathedral until 1680, then parroquial
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone, consisting of a round basin with tapering sides, raised on a round-to-square pedestal base; the basin has a figural scene that appears to be the Baptism of Christ, as well as large leaves all around; the pedestal base is decorated with foliage morifs. The wooden cover is flat and round, with a knob handle.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 14.55514, -90.732305
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 14°33′18.5″ N, 90°43′56.3″ W
UTM: 15P 744347 1610339
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]