Veyga? / Vega?
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02549VEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1128
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Site Location: Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: There is no "Veyga" in Spain but, considering the difference in spelling in 18th-century Spanish, this could be one of several "Vega" in Spain.
Font Notes:
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"Fonts de Veyga en Espagne en 1128" (Favreau, 1985, p. 126)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: Unknown
Inscription Text: "HIC LAVANTUR SORDIDI, HIC CURANTUR MORVIDI ET SANATUR INFIRMI"
Inscription Notes: Translation: Here are the dirty washed and the sickly and infirm cured
REFERENCES
- Favreau, Robert, "Inscription des fonts baptismaux d'Hildesheim", 38, 2, Cahiers de civilisation medievale, 1985, pp. 115-140; p. 126 and footnote 102