Segovia No. 1
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B01: symbol - shield - coat of arms - Castile and Leon
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B02: symbol - shield - coat of arms - Enrique IV, king of Castile and Leon
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B03: animal - mammal - lion?
Scene Description: to the left
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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
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BBU01: design element - motifs - foliage
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CR01: design element - motifs - foliage
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02357SEG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-05-26
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Catedral de Segovia [orig. from the old cathedral]
Font Location in Church: In the Capilla de Santa Bárbara
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.)
Church Address: C. Marqués del Arco, 1, 40001 Segovia, Spain
Site Location: Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in downtown Segovia capital
Additional Comments: Could not measure or photograph due to lack of permission. (measurements requested of the Archbishopry of Segovia, Dec.99 - never received]
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.910581, -4.125623
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, p. 598 and ill. on p. 599
- Ruiz Hernando, José Antonio, Segovia cathedral / La catedral de Segovia, León: Edilesa, 1995, p. 88-89 with ill.