Benquerencia No. 1 / Benquerencia de La Serena
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 172)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04826BEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Badajoz, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located in the comarca de La Serena, partido judicial de Castuera, near Castuera
Century and Period: 16th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
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Described in Mélida (1925) as a stone baptismal font with a hemispheric basin ornamented with ribbed pattern. It is probably date, like the church itself, to the 16th century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
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