Valencia No. 1

Results: 14 records

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B01: view of basin

Scene Description: front side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

B02: coat of arms

Scene Description: cardinal's coat of arms with inscription [cf. Inscription area]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

LID01: view of font cover

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

LID02: symbol - papal

Scene Description: on the cover of the main basin

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of font

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of font

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of font - auxiliary basin

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of font - auxiliary basin and cover

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of font and cover

Image Source: Digital photograph taken by Jordi Gimeno in 2005 [courtesy of Montserrat Estela]

Copyright Instructions: Photograph and Permission received (email of 22 February 2005)

view of font cover

Scene Description: main cover

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

view of font in context

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 13, 2001

INFORMATION

FontID: 05124VAL

Church/Chapel: Catedral de Valencia

Country Name: Spain

Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana / Comunitat Valenciana

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Gothic

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: the baptismal font at the cathedral church of Valencia has a large octagonal basin semi-embeded in the west wall, the recess ornamented like the inside, a huge pilgrim shell; it has a rounded underbowl and is raised on a plain short round pedestal. The basin has an addition on its left, a small stoup-like vessel with a rounded inside well and its own drain and cover; the cover matches the leather-covered one of the main basin, studded with brass and with a papal tiara sketched in the centre. [NB: at the time of our visit -July 2001- the font was locked and the warden was away]. [We are grateful to Jordi Gimeno, of www.romanicat.net, for his photograph of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: the small basin has its own drain hole

Rim Thickness: 15-17 cm

Basin Total Height: 63 cm

Height of Base: 37 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI [internal measurements of the main basin could not be taken at the time of our visit] -- measurements of the auxiliary basin: rim=5.5 cm / in-diameter=34 cm / out-diameter=44-45 cm / depth of basin well=15 cm / basin height=22 cm

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Location: On the shield that adorns the front side of the basin

Inscription Text: "GLORIA ET HONOR ET PAX OMNI OPER[??] [??]TI BON[??]"

Inscription Source: On-site

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, metal and leather,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]