Cabeza del Buey

INFORMATION

FontID: 04828CAB
Church/Chapel: Convento de la Purísima Concepción de María
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Badajoz, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located in the partido judicial de Castuera, near Castuera
Century and Period: , Hispano-Roman [altered]
Church Notes: The Convent was bult by the Comendador D. Martín Rol, ca. 1515, whose brother Alonso is buried in the presbitery.
Described in Mélida (1925, v. 2: 188-189) as a baptismal font carved out of a Roman capital. The web site for Cabeza del Buey describes it as a stoup made from a Roman object taken from the site at La Nava

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
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