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Scene Description: located at the east end, by the altar
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 1999 by BSI
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: three rows around the bowl
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 1999 by BSI
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view of church exterior - southwest view
![the rural chapel dedicated to 'Nosa Señora do Carme', also in Asturianos [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180902010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the rural chapel dedicated to 'Nosa Señora do Carme', also in Asturianos [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Estevoaei, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2018 by Estevoaei [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ermida_da_Nosa_Señora_do_Carme_de_Asturianos.jpg] [accessed 2 September 2018]
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: along the vertical abgles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 1999 by BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02079AST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-10
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, to the left of the altar.
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Calle Gral. Franco, 114, 49325 Asturianos, Zamora, Spain
Site Location: Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N525, 12 km E of Puebla de Sanabria, NW of Zamora capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Astorga
Historical Region: Sanabria
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the Gothic period noted in Sainz Saiz (1997, p. 126) as being from the original church here; it consists of a hemispherical basin with three rows of ball-motif, the lowest of the three at the very bottom of the underbowl; raised on a square pedestal base that has the same ball motif set vertically at the angles. No cover present. [NB: not known whether the Ermida da Nosa Señora do Carme de Asturianos, also in this village, has a font or not].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 707989 4658725
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 9-10 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 80 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm
Basin Depth: 29 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Height of Base: 48 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 38 x 40 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
REFERENCES
- Sáinz Sáiz, Javier, Gótico rural en Castilla y León, León: Lancia, 1997, p. 126