Sanlucar de Barrameda No. 3 / Sanlúcar de Barrameda
INFORMATION
FontID: 04981SAN
Church/Chapel: Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cádiz, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located 28 kms north of the city of Cadiz
Font Location in Church: At the western end of the church, by the door, on the south side
Century and Period: 17th century, Early Baroque
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)
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Cruz Isidoro (1997: 220) simply as third stoup, of smaller size than the other two [Index entries for Sanlucar... Nos. 1 & 2] located at the foot of the nave, to the right of the door.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble?
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 40 x 20 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