Jaraicejo

Information from J. Hoyas Gonzalez (1998): chalice-shaped granite font of the 16th cent.; round basin with broad ribs on the outside; over them, on one side, the episcopal coat of arms of the Carvajal family [Hoyas' identification]; the base is cylindrical without any ornamentation other than a broad ring rather low on it; the basin is lively painted, the ribs in ochre and white alternatively, the upper rim in a dark blue (?) and the Carvajal [bishop Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal [cf. infra]] shield in beautiful red, yellow, ochre, etc.; according to Hoyas, the font was moved between 1912 and 1940 to the Sacristia del Obispo (a dark half-hidden sacristy) and the current baptistery used as living quarters for the priest; the font is back in the baptistery. The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción_(Jaraicejo)] [accessed 13 July 2023] notes: "En el Baptisterio se encuentra la pila bautismal, de sobresaliente factura, fechable en el siglo XVI. Se trata de una pieza de granito, con amplio pie cilíndrico y copa semiesférica con superficie gallonada que luce escudo episcopal de don Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal. La pila presenta policromía." Noted and illustrated in Miguel Urbina Gómez [https://rutasporextremadura.net/2016/11/11/iglesia-de-ntra-sra-de-la-asuncion-en-jaraicejo-parque-nacional-de-monfrague-extremadura/] [accessed 13 July 2023]: "Ya cerca del coro, en este lado [south side?], encontramos el baptisterio. Tiene una pila bautismal excelentemente bien conservada. Muy originalmente pintada con colores que destacan los volúmentes finamente esculpidos." Noted and illustrated in Ismael Montero Fernández' Una villa episcopal. El legado de un Obispo [https://chdetrujillo.com/una-villa-episcopal-el-legado-de-un-obispo/?pdf=2227] [accessed 13 July 2023]: "La impresionante pila bautismal, de la primera mitad del siglo XVI, es otro de los elementos arquitectónicos más importantes del templo. Está formada por una gruesa peana cilíndrica y por una copa semiesférica y gallonada, en la que se encuentra esculpido el escudo de Carvajal bajo capelo episcopal, todo el conjunto policromado." The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base; the sides of the basin are decorated with a ribbed pattern; over the ribs, on the front (?) side, is the armprial device noted above; the sides of the basin are brighly painted, as noted above; the pedestal base has a moulding anout half the way down. No cover present.