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B01: coat of arms - Fray Bernardo de Mesa
Scene Description: Bishop of Badajoz ca. 1523, a/p identification in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 101)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04821BAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Catedral de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Badajoz, Extremadura
Font Location in Church: In the NW chapel, now called Capilla del Bautismo [formerly Capilla de las Angustias]
Date: ca. 1523?
Century and Period: 16th century
Font Notes:
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Described in Mélida (1925) as a baptismal font located in the centre of the chapel and made of alabaster; it bears the coat-of-arms of Fray Bernardo de Mesa, who was bishop of Badajoz at the time of the construction of the chapel and the font, ca. 1523.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, alabaster
REFERENCES
Mélida, José Ramón, Catálogo monumental de España: provincia de Badajoz [3 vols.], Madrid: Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, 1925