Santiago de Compostela No. 4

INFORMATION

FontID: 03914SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: [now disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Font Location in Church: Said to have been in the centre of the polygonal baptistery
Century and Period: 9th - 10th century, Early Christian / Medieval
Font Notes:
"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