Granada No. 2 / Casa del Chapiz

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in a Generalife garden; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
Scene Description: in a Generalife garden; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2005 by BSI
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view of fountain in context

in a Generalife garden; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
Scene Description: in a Generalife garden; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2005 by BSI
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view of fountain in context

in an Alhambra courtyard; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
Scene Description: in an Alhambra courtyard; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
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in an Alhambra courtyard; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
Scene Description: in an Alhambra courtyard; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2005 by BSI
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view of fountain

in an Alhambra courtyard; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
Scene Description: in an Alhambra courtyard; similar to an original kept in the Alhambra museum
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original basin of the 14th century, Nazari period; later used in a palace -- Alhambra museum [inv. R.10221]
Scene Description: original basin of the 14th century, Nazari period; later used in a palace -- Alhambra museum [inv. R.10221]
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view of basin - interior

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Javier Torrens for BSI
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view of basin

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Javier Torrens for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Permission received

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08192GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 2005-08-12
Font Date: ca. 970-971?
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th century (?), Medieval
Museum: Museo Arqueológico de Granada (Granada, Spain)
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from Casa del Chapiz, a Granada palace]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Casa del Chapiz
Church Address: Cam. del Sacromonte, 1, Albaicín, 18010 Granada, Spain -- Tel.: +34 958 22 22 90
Site Location: Granada, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Sacromonte, in the old city centre of Granada
Additional Comments: this may have been a recycled fountain turned to font or viceversa (or not a font at all)
Font Notes:
Described in Cabanelas (1980-1981: 21-34). A marble basin now in the Museo Arqueológico de Granada, where it is described as a ribbed font/fountain ["pila gallonada de mármol blanco"] originally from the Casa del Chapiz and dated to the 360 Hejira (970-9712 A.D.); the object has eight lobes both inside and out; around the upper basin side, on the outside, there appears to be a delicate ornamental pattern; every other lobe has a hole on its upper part, in character with its function as fountain; there is a large centre drain hole in the bottom of the basin; there is no base. Although the size and shape matches several baptismal fonts in this Index, there is no proof that it was ever used for that purpose. The object is a small example of the larger fountains found in the Alhambra, for example. The shape is one that appears in some Gothic fonts, although more commonly in the quatrilobed shape.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens of Pamplona, Spain, for the images of this object

COORDINATES

UTM: 30S 447766 4115118
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.181039, -3.588452
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 10′ 51.74″ N, 3° 35′ 18.43″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Number of Pieces: one [basin only]
Font Shape: multi-lobed, 8 lobes, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed (8 lobes)
Basin Exterior Shape: multi-lobed, eight lobes
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: [NB: the basin has also four other smaller holes, one on every other lobe of the basin, towards the upper end]
Diameter (includes rim): 90-100 cm [approx.]
Notes on Measurements: Javier Torrens [approximate measurement]

REFERENCES

  • Cabanelas, D., "La pila árabe del Museo Arqueológico de Granada y la Casa del Chapiz", 29-30, 1, Miscelánea de Estudios Arabes y Hebraicos, 1980-1981, pp. 21-34, 5 pl.; p. 21-34