Pedraza in Vera de la Sierra No. 2 / Vegas de Pedraza?

INFORMATION

FontID: 07204PED

Object Type: Baptismal Font3

Church/Chapel: Necrópolis Visigoda [archaeological site]

Country Name: Spain

Location: Segovia, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located near Pedraza, in the narrows of the Duraton river

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

Font Notes: Click to view

Early Christian / Visgothic nechropolis site existed in this area -- this may be the same Pedraza site that is refered to as having an Early Christian / Visigothic baptismal font [source: www.anthropos.galeon.com and www.infosegovia.com]. This may be the 'Vegas de Pedraza' font noted with some measurements in Ferguson (2009)

REFERENCES

Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009