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

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 5, 2005

BIB02: design element - motifs - scroll - 2

Scene Description: one on each side of the central floral motif

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 5, 2005

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Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 5, 2005

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Image Source: Vázquez de Parga (1954: pl. XXVII-i)

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Scene Description: as displayed in the mseum [MNA]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 5, 2005

INFORMATION

FontID: 07734MAD

Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid, Spain)

Church/Chapel: [now at the M.A.N.]

Country Name: Spain

Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid

Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]

Century and Period: 7th century(late), Visigothic

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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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

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; r["References"]