Madrid No. 1
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BIB01: design element - motifs - floral - flower - 6-petal - in a circle
Scene Description: at the centre of the bottom
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 5, 2005
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BIB02: design element - motifs - scroll - 2
Scene Description: one on each side of the central floral motif
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view of font in context
Scene Description: as displayed in the mseum [MNA]
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view of basin
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vázquez de Parga, 1954
Image Source: Vázquez de Parga (1954: pl. XXVII-i)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07734MAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 7th century(late), Visigothic
Museum: Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid, Spain), Inv. 57.840
Church / Chapel Name: [now at the M.A.N.]
Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] Calle de Serrano, 13, Madrid, Spain
Site Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The museum is located 5 blocks N of the Puerta de Alcala
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated by Vázquez de Parga (1954: 45-46 and pl. XXVII-i) as a Visigothic object ["pila"] made of marble and dated by the scrolls on the bottom of the inside well to the late 7th century; the object -it is not described as having been identified with or assigned a liturgical function- is shaped like a prism-shaped casket, the upper part wider that the lower; the bottom of the inside well is decorated with a 6-petal flower in a circle, as well as two large scrolls, one at each side of the central motif. It is listed without origin among the acquisitions made by the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid, Spain) in 1954.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 441516 4475008
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.423645, -3.689422
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 25′ 25.12″ N, 3° 41′ 21.92″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 3 cm
Diameter (inside rim): [29 x 46 cm calculated]
Basin Total Height: 12.5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 12.5 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 32 x 49 cm
Notes on Measurements: [the bottom measurements are 18 x 32.5 cm] Vázquez de Parga (1954: 45-46)
REFERENCES
- Vázquez de Parga, Luis, "Pila de mármol, visigoda", t. XV, Memorias, Museos Arqueológicos Provinciales, 1954, pp. 45-46 and pl. 27-1; p. 45-46 and pl. XXVII-i)