[Aztlan] Fw: Quatrefoils

[Bunny]

What, if any, is the possible connection between Precolumbian Mayan 
quatrefoils and the quatrefoil design for windows used in many churches in 
viceregal New Spain?  I have had little luck in tracing the history of 
quatrefoil windows in the Old World, although they surely occurred in the 
Islamic world as early as the tenth century.  It had not occurred to me 
until this discussion arose that Mayan art could conceiveably have had some 
influence on the designers of such windows in Catholic churches in the New 
World.
    B. Fontana


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynda Manning-Schwartz" <lmschwartz at austin.rr.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Quatrefoils


>I agree that Chalcatongo monument 1 is the best quatrefoil, but my second
> favorite has always been Altar 1 at Naranjo.
> See Texas Notes No. 54 at
> http://www.utmesoamerica.org/texas_notes.php
>
> Lynda
>
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> IMHO, the quintessential quatrefoil is Chalcatzingo
> Monument 9 (a full-form, 3 dimensional portal -
> represented "halved" in Chalcatzingo Monument 1, a
> relief sculpture clearly depicting the half-quatrefoil
> as a cave or entrance).
>
>
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