Muradelle No. 1 / San Paio de Muradelle

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view of font - east side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005

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view of font - south side

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view of font in context

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view of basin - interior - drain

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the old priest from Muradelle

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view of church exterior - west end - belfry

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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

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view of church exterior - west portal

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07154MUR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Date Visited: 2005-05-31

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de San Paio

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Pelagius of Córdoba [aka Paio / Pelayo of Córdoba]

Church Address: San Paio de Muradelle, 27510 Chantada, Lugo, Spain

Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the LU-211 and LU-213 confluence, near Pesqueiras, in the municipaility and not far from Chantada, W of the N540 (Lugo-Orense), about 55-60 km from Lugo capital

Additional Comments: NB: access to this church was very difficult; the old parish priest lives in the adjacent house and was particularly unpleasant, ill-manered and obstinately set on not giving us access to the interior of the church [memories of Jose Arranz y Arranz in El Burgo de Osma!] ; it took us a long time and a very unpleasant one, to make him relent and let us in -- labor omnia vincit? - or who is most mule-ish of the two? -- a photo of the old priest is available to warn future visitors]

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: the baptismal font in this church is a crude early- medieval piece, probably of the 12th or 13th century; it consists of a roughly hemispherical granite basin raised on a round pedestal base; the upper rim of the basin is badly damaged, the damage affecting the area of the cover staples; the location of the font, right against the northwest corner of the nave church impides view of part of the side; there appears to be a textured area, but it might simply be the area of unfinished granite left to save on the cost of carving the basin, especially since we consider that the ground formation appears to have a special stone to fit the base of the font; the wooden cover is plain and damaged. [cf. Index entry for Muradelle No. 2 for a stoup listed in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29T 596125 4721316

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.638299, -7.827533

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 38′ 17.87″ N, 7° 49′ 39.12″ 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

Rim Thickness: 11 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 78 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm

Basin Depth: 34-35 cm

Basin Total Height: 38 cm

Height of Base: 60 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm

Notes on Measurements: on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]