Segovia No. 1

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B01: scoat of arms - Castile and Leon

Image Source: Ruiz Hernando (1995: 88)

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B02: coat of arms - Enrique IV, king of Castile and Leon

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B03: animal - mammal - lion?

Scene Description: to the left

Image Source: Ruiz Hernando (1995: 89)

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B04: animal - mammal - quadruped

Scene Description: to the right of the lion (?)

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B05: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in several of the arches of the basin side

Image Source: Ruiz Hernando (1995: 89)

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BBU01: design element - motifs - foliage

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CR01: design element - motifs - foliage

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02357SEG

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Catedral de Segovia [orig. from the old cathedral]

Church Location: C. Marqués del Arco, 1, 40001 Segovia, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Segovia, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located in downtown Segovia capital

Font Location in Church: In the Capilla de Santa Bárbara

Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Church Notes: The old Romanesque cathedral of Segovia, dedicated to St. Mary, was started at the beginning of the 12th century and was consecrated twice, in 1228 and, later, after a large enlargement, in 1257. The new cathedral, though started in the 1520s, did not see its consecration until 1768 at which time it was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin and to St. Frutos, as the ambulatory's stone inscription reads (Ruiz Hernando, 1995, p.9ff.)

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Described and illustrated in Ruiz Hernando (1995: 88-89): the late Gothic pedestal font was brought from the old cathedral to the new, and is now located in the Capilla de Santa Bárbara, which serves as the parish church. The font is made of a tan marble and has a polygonal basin, pedestal and base, while the ring which connects basin with the pedestal is rounded and covered in vegetal ornamentation. The sides of the basin are divided into pairs of arches containing animal and leaf motifs; the exception is the undivided front side which bears the coat of arms of Castile and the pomegranates that are the emblem of king Henry IV [the font is said to have been donated to the cathedral by king Enrique IV, king of Castile & Leon, 1425-1474]. There is a wooden lid of later manufacture

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.910581, -4.125623

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 57′ 1″ N, 4° 7′ 32″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: plain wooden lid

REFERENCES

Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985

Ruiz Hernando, José Antonio, Segovia cathedral / La catedral de Segovia, León: Edilesa, 1995