Puebla de la Calzada
Results: 2 records
B01: symbol - shell
Scene Description: Pilgrim shells, a/p description in Mélida (1925)
LB01: symbol - knotted rope belt - Franciscan cingulum (symbol of St. Francis)
Scene Description: a/p description in Mélida (1925)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04844PUE
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: Click to view 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