Algezares No. 1 / Aljezades / Aljezares

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view of baptistery

Scene Description: adjacent to the north side of the basilica; the baptismal piscina is in its centre

Image Source: digital photograph in Descubriendomurcia.com [www.descubriendomurcia.com/basilica-paleocristiana-de-algezares-en-murcia/] [accessed 2 July 2015]

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view of baptistery in context

Scene Description: plan of te basilica complex; the round batistery attached to the south wall of the church

Image Source: digital image of a drawing by C. de Mergelina, in Palol (1967)

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view of church exterior in context

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view of font - plan

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a drawing by C. de Mergelina, in Palol (1967)

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view of font - plan and section

Image Source: digital image of a drawing by C. de Mergelina, in Palol (1967)

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view of font - section

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view of font - upper view

Scene Description: the steps clearly discernible here

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Scene Description: the font is at the centre of the round baptistery

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Schlunk (1978)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07160ALG

Church/Chapel: Basílica paleocristiana del Llano del Olivar / Basílica de Algezares [archaeological site]

Country Name: Spain

Location: Murcia, Región de Murcia

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Cehegín, 5 km WNW of Murcia capital [the site is locally known as Llano del Olivar, off the MU-302 road towards Los Garres.

Historical Region: Sierra de Carrascoy [in Roman times Provincia Carthaginensis]

Font Location in Church: In the baptistery, on the SE side of the building

Century and Period: 5th - 7th century, Early Christian? / Visigothic?

Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts at Idanha Velha (Portugal), Vega del Mar (Malaga prov.), etc.

Church Notes: excavation started in 1934 by Cayetano de Mergelina; declared Monumento Histórico-Artístico in 1979; generally dated around the reign of Recaredo (i.e., 587-602)

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Palol (1967): a rectangular sunkent font consisting of a cylindrical well and two arms [East-West], each arm with four steps for access; the font is finished in whitewash and crushed or particled ceramic, as some other fonts in the Peninsula. Palol dates the complex to the end of the 6th or first quarter of the 7th century and cites C. de Mergelina as source. In Fontain (1973-1977). In Khatchatian (1982). A quadrangular sunken baptismal font of the Visigothic period provided with steps at opposite ends. Similar to others at Vega del Mar, Idanha Velha, etc. [source: www.anthropos.galeon.com]. Located on the north side of the basilica, the baptistery contains a baptismal piscina of octagonal shape, though almost rounded by erosion. [source: Marina García Vidal's 'Estudio preliminar de los materiales procedentes de la Basílica de Algezares en los fondos del Museo Arqueológico de Murcia' in Descubriendo Murcia [www.descubriendomurcia.com/basilica-paleocristiana-de-algezares-en-murcia/] [accessed 2 July 2013]. Studied and illustrated in García Blánquez and Vicaíno Sánchez (2013).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 38.15115, -1.74582

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 38° 9′ 4.14″ N, 1° 44′ 44.95″ W

UTM: 30S 4223329 609889

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Diameter (inside rim): 100 cm*

Basin Depth: 150 cm** (?)

Notes on Measurements: * Fontain (1973-1977, t. 1: fig. 10) *[the rounded well proper is about 1 m. in diameter, not counting the sides with the steps] / ** perhaps over 1.5 m, according to García Blánquez and Vicaíno Sánchez

REFERENCES

Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977

García Blánquez, Luis A., "El conjunto arqueológico de Algezares. Dinámica de un espacio monumental de época tardoantigua", Regnum murciae, 2013

Khatchatrian, Armen, Origine et typologie des baptistères paléochrétiens, Mulhouse: Centre de Culture Chrétienne, 1982

Palol, Pedro de, Arqueología cristiana de la España romana: siglos IV a VI, Madrid, Valladolid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Enrique Flórez, 1967

Palol, Pedro de, Arte paleocristiano en España, Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, [1969?]

Schlunk, Helmut, Die Denkmäler der frühchristlichen und westgotischen Zeit, Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1978