Mombeltran / Colmenar de Arenas / Colmenar de las Ferrerías / Colmenar de Pascual Peláez / El Colmenar / Mombeltrán
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Results: 8 records
design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 26 May 1999 by BSI
design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 26 May 1999 by BSI
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 26 May 1999 by BSI
view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Borjaanimal, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 March 2016 by Borjaanimal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portada_de_la_iglesia_de_Mombeltrán.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - southeast end - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sten Porse, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 April 2010 by Sten Porse [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mombeltrán-kirken_1.JPG] [accessed 22 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javiermes, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 September 2012 by Javiermes [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_parroquial_de_San_Juan_Bautista,_Mombeltrán_(Ávila).JPG] [accessed 22 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-ES
view of church interior - statue - St. Mary
Scene Description: 16thC (?) Virgen de las Angustias by Gregorio Fernández (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 26 May 1999 by BSI
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 26 May 1999 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 02275MOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Calle San Juan Bajo, 0, 05410 Mombeltrán, Avila, Spain -- Tel.: +34 920 38 66 01
Country Name: Spain
Location: Avila, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located 70 km S of Avila capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Ávila
Historical Region: Valle de las Cinco Villas, Comarca del Valle del Tiétar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in its own chapel, N side
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: church originally 14thC
Font Notes:
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Noted in Gomez-Moreno, 1983, v1, ill. 875). On-site notes: the granite basin has ribbed pattern with the top of the ribs arcaded into small round arches; plain round stem appears to be sandstone; lower base is round-to-squre and appears modern. Modern cover but evidence of earlier hardware still in the upper rim.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.260158, -5.018
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 15′ 36.57″ N, 5° 1′ 4.8″ W
UTM: 30T 328394 4458586
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite [basin only]
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 11-13 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 86-87 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 110-112 cm
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Height of Base: 58 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 180 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on site
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: Evidence of earlier staples in rim - a later wooden lid has been added.
REFERENCES
Gómez-Moreno, Manuel, Catálogo monumental de la provincia de Avila, Avila: Institución Gran Duque de Alba, 1983