Zamora No. 1

Results: 14 records

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the main entrance view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church exterior - apse - detail

Scene Description: some of the older parts of the cathedral are found in the apse and in the south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 August 2008 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zamora,_catedral-PM_17808.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - cuppola

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: known as "Puerta del Obispo"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 August 2012 by Tamorlan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detalle_de_la_puerta_del_Obispo_-Zamora.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2016]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zamora_Catedral_Puerta_del_Obispo_732.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2016]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 20 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zamora_Catedral_Puerta_del_Obispo_732.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2016]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale el Salvador in Zamora (Kastilien-León/Spanien), romanisches Südportal Puerta del Obispo aus dem 12. Jahrhundert; Tympanon, Darstellung: Apostel Paulus und Johannes"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 20 March 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zamora_Catedral_Puerta_del_Obispo_732.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2016]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: view of the cathedral from across the Duero river -- Source caption: "Vista de la catedral de Zamora desde la playa de los Pelambres"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2011 by Imonsalvo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_desde_el_Duero.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2016]

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view of church interior - ceiling - vault

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church interior - choir - stalls

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church interior - monument

Scene Description: Burial monument of the abbot of Espíritu Santo, canon Alfonso García, who died in 1409

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the raised cover gives access to the baptismal font inside the altar

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 1999 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: The font basin is in the centre of the altar; seen here with the font cover raised.

Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 1999 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 02379ZAM

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Catedral de San Salvador [originally Santo Tomas]

Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ [originally St. Thomas the Apostle?]

Church Location: Plaza de la Catedral, 49001 Zamora, Spain -- Tel.: +34 980 53 06 44

Country Name: Spain

Location: Zamora, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located in the town centre of Zamora capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zamora

Font Location in Church: Western end (it doubles as an altar table - the top opens) Originally it stood in the Capilla de San Pablo.

Date: 1710?

Century and Period: 18th century (early),

Workshop/Group/Artisan: altar-font

Cognate Fonts: One other such altar-font in the église Saint-Caradheuc, in the commune de Donzy, dépt. de Nièvre (France), dating to the 16th century [cf. Index entry for Donzy]; another at Assemini San Pietro, in Cagliari, Sardinia

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the friendly canon of Zamora Cathedral who brought this most interesting object to our attention and provided the information related to it

Church Notes: There are three other fonts listed in the Index in the city of Zamora, in the churches of San Ildefonso, San Juan and Santa Maria la Nueva.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

A most interesting object which, although it might have been excluded fom this Index because of its late date, ca. 1710, we think well deserves to be noted and included here on account of its unusual double liturgical function. There is a beautiful marble altar in the back of the main nave of the cathedral, towards the centre of the nave. The altar has a trap cover in the centre, which, when raised on its back hinges, reveals the oval basin of a hidden baptismal font. The main altar piece of the cathedral uses the same marble as the font and has been dated to 1710, with different colours of marble pieced together to create the ornamenting patterns. One other such object, an altar-font of the 16th century, exists in Donzy, in France, as noted in Le Patrimoine des communes de Nièvre (1999, v. 1, p. 403) [cf. Index entry for Donzy]. [cf. Index entry for Zamora No. 9 for a font of the 15th century in this cathedral church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.498981, -5.754639

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 29′ 56.33″ N, 5° 45′ 16.7″ W

UTM: 30T 270076 4597815

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (from the royal quarry in Espejo, Burgos)

Number of Pieces: numerous sections

Font Shape: oval

Basin Interior Shape: oval

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

Diameter (inside rim): 85 x 49.5 cm (dimensions of oval)

Basin Depth: 25 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 190 x 72 cm (rectangular dimensions)

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: ca. 1710

Material: wood and stone, [oak?] and marble

Notes: The lid is hinged at the back and, when closed, serves as the centre surface of the altar.