Benquerencia No. 2 / Benquerencia de La Serena

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - leaf

a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 172)
Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 172)

BBU01: symbol - shell - 4

a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 172)
Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 172)

BBU02: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head

a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 172)
Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 172)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04827BEN
Object Type: Stoup
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:
Described in Mélida (1925) as a holy-water stoup of white marble in the shape of a Gothic capital -which it may be- ornamented with four pilgrim shells and fours "mascarons" on its upper sides [abacus], and leaves on the echinus.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital

REFERENCES

Mélida, José Ramón, Catálogo monumental de España: provincia de Badajoz [3 vols.], Madrid: Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, 1925