Alconetar / Alconétar

INFORMATION

FontID: 07205ALC
Church/Chapel: Baptisterio Visigodo (?)
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cáceres, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located near Garrovillas and the old Roman road
Font Location in Church: In the N side
Century and Period: 5th - 7th century, Early Christian / Visigothic
Cognate Fonts: In the style of the one at San Pedro de Merida
Described in Fontain (1973-1977, t. 1: 390) as a system of two baptismal fonts of rectangular shape with two smaller fonts at the side, in the manner of the double-fonts at Idanha a Velha, Torre de Palma and Casa Herrera. Listed also as a baptismal font in the baptistery of the Early Christian / Visigothic period in anthropos.galeon.com

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: rectangular (sunken) (double font)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

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