Azuaga
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04825AZU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Hispano-Moresque / Mudéjar
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 6, 06920 Azuaga, Badajoz, Spain
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-308, in the partido judicial de Llerena, near the border with Córdoba prov., 20 km W of Fuenteovejuna
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of Mérida-Badajoz
Font Notes:
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Described in Mélida (1925) as a baptismal font of the 16th century in Morisco style; it is made of clay, fired with a green glossy finish; the basin is hemispheric and mounted on a "robust" pedestal stem. The author suggests that it was probably in a pottery in Triana (in the province of Sevilla and with well-known pottery workshops). The baptismal chapel is dated by an inscription to 12 March 1528 (Ibid., v. 2, p. 168)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 265769 4238280
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.262042, -5.677186
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 15′ 43.35″ N, 5° 40′ 37.87″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: ceramic, clay (fired)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Mélida, José Ramón, Catálogo monumental de España: provincia de Badajoz [3 vols.], Madrid: Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, 1925, vol. 2, p. 168