Santiago de Compostela No. 2
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Scene Description: Photographed in June 1999 -- Note the missing cover, though the lock eyelet id visible on the basin side
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1999 by BSI
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: on the upper and lower basin sides
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1999 by BSI
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design element - patterns - tracery
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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design element - motifs
Scene Description: a band all around the outer part
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2004
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02384SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-12
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century[composite font?], Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Catedral de Santiago
Font Location in Church: In a side chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Praza do Obradoiro, s/n, 15704 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain -- Tel.: +34 981 58 35 48
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Additional Comments: recycled font: base probably had an earlier life elsewhere [photo available] ; also, refer to the division of the basin well
Font Notes:
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Pedestal font of suspect composition with a round bucket-shaped basin, plain except for some mouldings, and a short pillar which appears to have been left over from a previous life elsewhere; the latter has Ogee tracery and arches on each side and is of a totally different colour and texture than the basin. The inside of the bowl has been divided in half by an insert, one of the halves having three compartments for baptismal accessories. The (metal; bronze?) cover is round and has a decorative band on the outer side; the centre, where the arm of the cover arm-handle connects, has a circular motif that bears an inscription [transcription not available] on the outside and a radiated pattern on the inside; the outer circle is also decorated with pilgrim shells, a large one at the tip of the arm-handle; the arm-handle is fastened to the centre of the cover at the tip, while the other end connects to a pivot secured both to the side of the basin and to the ground; the cover opens and slides around to the side held by the arm-handle and rotating on the pivot. [NB: such cover fastening system is not comon, but there are a few examples extant, chiefly in France]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 537209 4747657
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.880602, -8.544377
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 50.17″ N, 8° 32′ 39.76″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: [divided basin well]
Rim Thickness: 10-12.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 80-82 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 100-102 cm
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Basin Total Height: 45 cm
Height of Base: 50 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the upper surface of the cover
Inscription Text: [transcription unavailable]
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: metal?, bronze?
Apparatus: [cf. FontNotes]
Notes: NB: [on BSI's first visit of June 1999 the font had a plain modern wooden cover on, but a visit in August 2004 documents the metal cover described in the FontNotes and illustrated in the Images area]