Santiago de Compostela No. 4
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03914SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 10th century, Early Christian / Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [now disappeared]
Font Location in Church: Said to have been in the centre of the polygonal baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Font Notes:
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"The baptistery of San Juan de Santiago had a polygonal plant at the centre of which was the immersion font" of the 9th or 10th century [our translation] (Lampérez y Romea, 1930, t. 1, p. 326)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: unknown
REFERENCES
- Lampérez y Romea, Vicente, Historia de la arquitectura cristiana española en la Edad Media, segun el estudio de los elementos y los monumentos, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1930, t. 1, p. 326