Caceres No. 2 / Cáceres
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02057CAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Concatedral de Santa Maria
Font Location in Church: Inside, near the main door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Pl. Sta. María, 3, Centro-Casco Antiguo, 10003 Cáceres, Spain -- Tel.: +34 927 21 53 13
Site Location: Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Font Notes:
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Mentioned in Andres Ordax, 1995 (p. 157) as one of two holy-water stoups near the main entrance of the church, this one ornamented with two heraldic shields on each of the four faces of the rectangular bowl. The illustration in Garcia Mogollo's book on the Concatedral (Garcia Mogollo, 1993, p. 39?) shows a basin in the shape of an inverted pyramid resting on four slender shafts.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 726214 4372736
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.4745, -6.3701
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 28′ 28.2″ N, 6° 22′ 12.36″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Andrés Ordax, Salvador, Monumentos artísticos de Extremadura, 2. ed. rev., Mérida, Spain: Junta Regional de Extremadura, 1995, p. 157
- García Mogollo, Florencio-Javier, La Concatedral de Cáceres: Santa María La Mayor, León: EDILESA, 1993, p. 39? with ill.