Puebla de la Calzada

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - shell

Pilgrim shells, a/p description in Mélida (1925)
Scene Description: Pilgrim shells, a/p description in Mélida (1925)

LB01: symbol - knotted rope belt - Franciscan cingulum (symbol of St. Francis)

a/p description in Mélida (1925)
Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04844PUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Badajoz, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located in the partido judicial de Montijo [antes Merida], about 37 km from Badajoz city
Century and Period: Gothic
Font Notes:
Described in Mélida (1925) as a granite baptismal font in the Gothic style, much earlier than the reconstruction of the church, ca. 1756. The basin is polygonal and ornamented with pilgrim shells. The base is octagonal and bears an image of the knotted belt of St. Francis

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

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