Ribadavia No. 1
Results: 18 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
design element - patterns - ribbed - nested ribs
Scene Description: very deeply carved
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: all around below the rim, except where the original stone was replaced by a plain insert -- notice the drilled hole above one of the ribs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capiteis da portada (lado dereito) na fachada occidental da igrexa de San Domingos de Ribadavia."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lameiro, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2017 by Lameiro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribadavia_01-12b,_fachada_oeste.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez), 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2011 by Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_San_Domingos_(XIII-XIV)._Ribadavia-_Galiza-4.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west portal - detail
Scene Description: the patron saint of the church?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez), 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2011 by Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_San_Domingos_(XIII-XIV)._Ribadavia-_Galiza-3.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez), 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2011 by Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_San_Domingos_(XIII-XIV)._Ribadavia_-_Portal-2.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Igrexa de San Domingos (XIII-XIV). Ribadavia"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez), 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2011 by Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_San_Domingos_(XIII-XIV)._Ribadavia_-_3.jpg] [accessed 8 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font - plinth
Scene Description: the original plinth of the baptismal font is still in situ beneath the west gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of font in context
Scene Description: in the apsidal chapel, not its original location -- notice the small square plinth that replaces the original one that is still in situ
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of church interior - northwest end
Scene Description: the original plinth of the medieval font is still located in this area, beneath the west gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: the apse chapel now serving as baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 Jume 2019 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 December 2019)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05493RIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia del Convento / Iglesia Monacal de Santo Domingo / Igrexa de San Domingos
Font Location in Church: In the capilla absidal del Evangelio (apse chapel, north side)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dominic [aka Dominic of Guzmán, Domingo de Guzmán]
Church Address: Calle Celso Emilio Ferreiro, 2, 32400 Ribadavia, Orense, Spain -- Tel.: +34 988 47 08 57
Site Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the OU-801, E of the N-120, on the W bank of the Avia river, about 25 km WSW of Orense capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Orense
Historical Region: Comarca del Ribeiro
Additional Comments: moved font (the font is now [2019] in an apsidal chapel at the east end, but the old plinth still marks its original location beneath the west gallery)
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Manso Porto (1993: t.1, p. 290, II, pl. 16): hemispherical basin mounted on a short round shaft located in an apse chapel; the upper rim of the basin has a band of small ball motif all around; the sides of the basin and underbowl have large stylised ribbed pattern. Some damage is apparent on the upper rim, where there are patches of plain stone inserted, whereas the original rim had ball motif all around. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 570480 4681877
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.285929, -8.145139
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 17′ 9.34″ N, 8° 8′ 42.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Manso Porto, Carmen, Arte gótico en Galicia: los Dominicos, La Coruña: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Conde de Fenosa, 1993, t. 1, p. 290, II pl. 16