Sanlucar de Barrameda No. 2 / Sanlúcar de Barrameda

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04980SAN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Early Baroque
Cognate Fonts: another such in the same church
Church / Chapel Name: Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad de Sanlúcar de Barrameda [aka Basílica Menor de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad]
Font Location in Church: By the main pillars of the choir
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Cruz Isidoro (1997) informs that the present church was formerly the Hospital de San Pedro but that it was made into a temple dedicated to the miraculous statue of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad with the support of the Duque of Medina-Sidonia (1608 and 1610 respectively)
Church Address: C. Dorantes, 24, 11540 Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain
Site Location: Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-480, 18-19 km NW of Jerez de la Frontera, 28 km N of the city of Cadiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jerez de la Frontera
Font Notes:
Described in Cruz Isidoro (1997: 220) as the second of a pair of identical holy-water stoups dated to the foundation of the church (ca. 1610); the basin is oval with a deep scotia around its middle; the pedestal base has several mouldings and also vertical fluting pattern, the lower part looking like an ornate vase with a short square piece at the lowest end.

COORDINATES

UTM: 29S 736096 4073165
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 36.774891, -6.354569
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 36° 46′ 29.61″ N, 6° 21′ 16.45″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (jasper)
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 64 x 46 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 114 cm
Notes on Measurements: Cruz Isidoro (1997: 220) *[assumed to be the measurements of the outer perimeter of the oval basin]

REFERENCES

  • Cruz Isidoro, Fernando, Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad de Sanlúcar de Barrameda: estudio histórico-artístico, Córdoba: Publicaciones Obra Social y Cultural Cajasur, 1997, p. 220 and ill. on p. 221