Zamora No. 2

Results: 2 records

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: althgough the basin appears totally re-done, evidence of the old cover staples is still visible in the upper rim

Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2008

view of font

Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 1, 2005

INFORMATION

FontID: 02378ILD

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial [arciprestal] de San Pedro y Ildefonso [originally from the old Romanesque temple]

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Ildefons

Church Location: Rúa Francos, 39. 49001. Zamora, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Zamora, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located near Puerta de San Pedro. in Zamora capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zamora

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: a very interesting 13th-century altar frontal made of limestone and still with original (?) paint on

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: Romanesque baptismal font from the old church; the basin of this font appears to be a sandblasted example; the base, if it is the original was spared the treatment, and it appears that small heads or ball motifs may once have ornamented the angles of the base; evidence of old cover staples still in the rim.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.500556, -5.751111

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 30′ 2″ N, 5° 45′ 4″ W

UTM: 30T 270376 4597980

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: chalice-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 15-16 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 90-92 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 120-122 cm

Basin Depth: 44 - 45 cm

Basin Total Height: 67 cm

Height of Base: 40 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 54 - 55 x 54 - 55 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no

Notes: evidence of old staples in the rim