Zamora No. 1
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Results: 14 records
view of church exterior
Scene Description: the main entrance view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2008
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]
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view of church exterior - cuppola
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tamorlan, 2012
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013
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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013
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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Imonsalvo, 2011
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
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.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 1999 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 02379ZAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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:
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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.