Salamanca No. 2

Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013

Standing permission

Results: 7 records

design element - patterns - ribbed

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: BSI -- Photographed June 9, 1999

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aly Jentges, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 19 September 2008 by Aly Jentges [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salamanca_Catedral.JPG [accessed 21 April 2013]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Carro, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2005 by Javier Carro [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcos_en_Fachada_principal_de_la_Catedral_Nueva_de_Salamanca.JPG] [accessed 21 April 2013]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - ceiling - dome - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alejandro Flores, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2008 by Alejandro Flores [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C%C3%BApula_Catedral_nueva_de_Salamanca.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2013]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 April 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Belen Guerrikabeitia

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (email of 22 May 2011)

view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 April 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 02375SAL
Church/Chapel: Catedral Nueva de la Asunción de la Virgen
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Calle del Cardenal Pla y Daniel, 37008 Salamanca -- Tel.: +34 923 21 74 76
Country Name: Spain
Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca
Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 18th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the canon in charge for providing full access to the cathedral fonts. We are also grateful to Belen Guerrikabeitia for her photograph of this font
Church Notes: church building started in 1513; consecrated in 1733
On-site notes: slender elegant font in several shades of brown alabaster; the ring under the ribbed basin is a dark alabaster compared to other colours selected for the basin and the pedestal; the square lower base is also of a very dark hue (black?). It has a heavy walnut lid with a large acorn finial

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.960556, -5.665833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 57′ 38″ N, 5° 39′ 57″ W
UTM: 30T 275654 4537801

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, alabaster
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 13 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 56 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 81 cm
Basin Depth: 28-30 cm
Basin Total Height: 39 cm
Height of Base: 66 cm (includes plinth)
Font Height (with Plinth): 105 cm (plinth 20 cm, pedestal and ring 46 cm)
Notes on Measurements: BSI

LID INFORMATION

Date: same as font?
Material: wood, walnut
Apparatus: no
Notes: With acorn finial.