Almodovar del Campo / Almodóvar del Campo

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: on the very shallow basin and underbowl

LB01: design element - patterns - fluted - diagonal

INFORMATION

FontID: 05550ALM
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Spain
Location: Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located 7 km W of Puertollano
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century?, Late Medieval
Illustrated in Gallego Palomero (1998: 301) as the baptismal font in which St. John of Avila was baptised. The font shown has a very shallow basin ornamented with ribbed pattern on the outside; the base is a cylindrical column with twisted "torsade" pattern, ending in a square element at top and bottom. The caption for this illustration reads: "se conserva muy restaurada en [...]" [=it has survived, with much restoration in [...]", and the font looks very late indeed. Since the date of birth of the Saint was January 1499 (ibid., p. 22) and the baptism would have taken place not too far from that date, there seems to be an apparent conflict [NB: is it possible that the font was so greatly restored as to make it appear 16th-1th century?]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: four?
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Gallego Palomero, Juan José, Sacerdocio y oficio sacerdotal en San Juan de Avila, Córdoba: Publicaciones Obra Social y Cultural Cajasur, 1998