Santa Comba de Bande No. 1
Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2017
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 October 2017)
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inscription
Scene Description: partially visible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2017 by Antonio Daban
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 October 2017)
view of font
Scene Description: note that the uncut part of the font is now against the north wall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Paulo Palazzo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 27 June 2014 by Pedro Paulo Palazzo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Comba_de_Bande-_Paintings_on_the_apse_vault_(14526262947).jpg] [accessed 4 October 2015]
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view of basin - interior - drain
Scene Description: note the plugged drain hole
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Adrián Estévez (Estevoaei), 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 July 2008 by Adrián Estévez (Estevoaei) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCBande.jpg] [accessed 4 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Paulo Palazzo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 27 June 2014 by Pedro Paulo Palazzo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Comba,_Bande,_exterior_(14712548645).jpg] [accessed 4 October 2015]
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view of church interior - apse - painting - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Paulo Palazzo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 27 June 2014 by Pedro Paulo Palazzo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Comba_de_Bande-_Paintings_on_the_apse_vault_(14526262947).jpg] [accessed 4 October 2015]
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view of church interior - chancel arch - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Paulo Palazzo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 27 June 2014 by Pedro Paulo Palazzo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Comba_de_Bande-_Arco_cruzeiro_(14732550753).jpg] [accessed 4 October 2015]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Paulo Palazzo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 27 June 2014 by Pedro Paulo Palazzo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Comba_de_Bande-_Apse_(14526036680).jpg] [accessed 4 October 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Comba_de_Bande.jpg] [accessed 4 October 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04921COM
Object Type: Other
Object Details: altar, Roman
Date Visited: 2005-05-31
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th - 5th century [re-used], Roman [altered]
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts, converted from Roman altars and other objects
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa Comba de Bande / Igreja de Santa Comba de Bande
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the N wall of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Columba of Spain
Church Address: 32845 Bande, Orense/Ourense, Spain
Site Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 11 km S of Orense capital
Additional Comments: altar font / milestone / recycled font: former Roman altar converted for use as baptismal font; it is not known when the coversion was carried out,.
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Castro Pérez (2001: pl. 58): a former Roman altar converted for use as baptismal font: the monolithic object has had a crude basin carved on it and now has a rough chalice-shape look; parts of the original Latin inscription can still be seen on it. If the shape of the object now is any indication, the conversion may have been done in the Middle Ages, perhaps in the 12th or 13th century. Described and illustrated in Rodríguez Cao & Alvarez Estrada (1996 c1994), who identify the object not as an altar but as a milestone, which accounts for the inscription locating the site 51 miles from Braga. [cf. Index entry for Santa Comba de Bande No. 2 for a later baptismal font located in the churchyard]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg and to Antonio Daban Royo for their photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 582653 4647268
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.973072, -8.002412
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 58′ 23.06″ N, 8° 0′ 8.68″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: other [cf. FontNotes]
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken, but the outer diameter is approximately 50-60 cm]]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: side of the base, at the back
Inscription Text: [IMP(eratori) CAES(ari)] DIVI T[raiani PARTHICI F(ilio) DIVI NER] VAE [NEPOTI TRAIANO HADRIANO AUG(usto) PONTI]FICI [MAX(imo). TRIB(unicia) POT(estate)? C] O(n)S(uli) III P(atri) P(atriae) A BRACARA M(ilia) PASUUM] LI
Inscription Notes: There are remains of the original Latin inscription, but some of the surface has been cut off to convert the altar into a baptismal font. The transcription quoted from Rodríguez Cao & Alvarez Estrada (1996 c1994: 49) -- indicates the distance of 51 miles from Bracara [Braga]
Inscription Source: Castro Pérez (2001: pl. 58); Rodríguez Cao & Alvarez Estrada (1996 c1994: 49)
REFERENCES
- Castro Pérez, Ladislao, Sondeos en la arqueología de la religión en Galicia y norte de Portugal: Trocado de Bande y el culto jacobeo, Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2001, p. 58 and caption
- Rodríguez Cao, Celso, Santa Comba de Bande, [Bande?]: Concello de Bande, 1996 c1994, p. 49-50 and ill.