Trujillo No. 1 / Turgalium / Turjalah

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

Results: 12 records

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design element - motifs - ball - 2

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin; at the foot of the cross

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: lozenge -like

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: a course pattern

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

symbol - cross - Cistercian cross

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin; with two round motifs or balls at the foot

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

view of basin - south side

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

view of basin - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2005 by BSI

view of church exterior - façade

view of church exterior - portal

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph 24 January 2022 by Mariaje Calvo

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph 24 January 2022 by Mariaje Calvo

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

INFORMATION

FontID: 07790TRU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa Maria la Mayor

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Spain

Location: Cáceres, Extremadura

Directions to Site: Located 40-45 km to the E of Cáceres capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Coria-Cáceres

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the main entrance

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the church staff for their help in documenting this font, and to Mariaje Calvo for her photographs of this font

Font Notes: Click to view

A large granite basin resting directly on the ground of the west end of the nave, near the main entrance of the church; the object is roughly cylindrical and has a ribbed or double round-arch-like pattern on two of the four 'sides' [NB: the surface of the basin is divided into four sides or areas], the north side showing a large floral motif, and the west side appearing rough or uncarved; on the front side, facing east, is a large 'Cistercian' cross with two ball motifs at its feet; the underbowl appears to have a ribbed pattern of sorts all over, which is likely evidence that this basin was raised on a base of some sort in the past [now missing]. Local legend has it that strong-man Diego García de Paredes picked it up walked it to the entrance and offered holy water to his mother from it [an unlikely event given that the basin must weigh well over a ton]. [cf. Index entry for Trujillo No. 2 for a later font in this church, and for Trujillo Nos. 3, 4, 5, for other objects listed for the church of San Martín in the same town].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30S 252099 4371861

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: drain hole now blocked

Rim Thickness: 13 - 14 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 90 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 116 - 118 cm*

Basin Depth: 43 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 46 cm*

Basin Total Height: 51 - 56 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site