Medina de las Torres

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - cross - Cruz de la Orden de Santiago

with a lion, a/p identification in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 337)
Scene Description: with a lion, a/p identification in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 337)

B02: symbol - key - keys of St. Peter

a/p identification in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 337)
Scene Description: a/p identification in Mélida (1925, v. 2, p. 337)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04836MED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Camino
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Badajoz, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located in the partido judicial, and south, of Zafra
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church Notes: This church belonged to Orden de Santiago (a/p Mélida, 1925, v. 2, p.337)
Font Notes:
Described in Mélida (1925) as a marble baptismal font of the 16th century in the Gothic style; both the basin and the base are octagonal; the basin sides are ornamented with an inscription in Gothic characters [unvailable], the cross of Santiago and the lion, which tell of the jurisdictional origin of this church; the keys of St. Peter appear on another panel.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: In gothic characters [not available]
Inscription Location: at the upper border

REFERENCES

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