Xunqueira de Ambia No. 1 / Junquera de Ambia
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view of basin's top
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02382XUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-11
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Ex-colegiata de Santa María a Real de Xunqueira de Ambía
Font Location in Church: In a chapel on the north side of the apse.
Church Address: 32670 Xunqueira de Ambía, Orense, Spain -- Tel.: +34 988 43 60 69
Site Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: From Orense (city) take the 525 down to Allariz, where a smaller road takes off on the left for Xunqueria de Ambia; located about 5 kms E of Allariz.
Additional Comments: recycled font?: dificult to tell whether this was a separate font once or, more likely, it was just built as is
Font Notes:
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A strange, though, we believe, not unique, type of font: it is built as if half of it were embeded in the wall, although it really is just half-a-basin built against a cavity in the wall. A small 'fontlet' has been placed inside the larger basin, the shape of the former being rounded at the back and flat, with ornamentation, at the front; there is a regular water-tap fitted to the outside of the basin. The short pedestal base has flower motif ornamentation on its sides. Like the church itself, the font is made of coarse local granite.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.20490064, -7.7354868
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 12′ 18″ N, 7° 44′ 8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, variant
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: A tap has been fitted to the outside, probably at a later date
Rim Thickness: 9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 87 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm
Basin Depth: 35 cm
Basin Total Height: 70 cm
Height of Base: 28 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: The font itself does not have a cover but the basin insert does