Fregenal de la Sierra

Results: 4 records

B01: symbol - shield - cross

Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 230-231)

B02: symbol - shield - tree

Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 230-231)

B03: symbol - shield - flower

Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 230-231)

B04: symbol - shield - trident

Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 230-231)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04829FRE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Ana
Church Patron Saints: St. Anne
Country Name: Spain
Location: Badajoz, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located in the southermost part of the province, near the border with the province of Seville.
Century and Period: 16th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Described in Mélida (1925) as a 16th-century baptismal font in granite; the basin is hemispheric, ornamented with a ribbed pattern on which there are four shields bearing: a cross, a tree, a flower and a trident. The first recorded baptism in this church appears is dated 1550.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 113 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm
Notes on Measurements: a/p Mélida (1925)

REFERENCES

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