Cordoba No. 1 / Córdoba / Cordova / Corduba / Karmona / Colonia Patricia
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LB01: design element - motifs - geometric
Scene Description: several types
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fontain, 1973-1977
Image Source: Fontain (1973-1977: t. 1, pl. 30)
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LB02: design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: several types
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fontain, 1973-1977
Image Source: Fontain (1973-1977: t. 1, pl. 30)
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fontain, 1973-1977
Image Source: Fontain (1973-1977: t. 1, pl. 30)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 08454COR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Catedral [formerly Mezquita de Córdoba]
Church Patron Saints: [St. Vincent?]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Córdoba, Andalucía
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the entrance
Century and Period: 7th century, Visigothic
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Fontaine (1973-1977, t. 1: 140 and pl. 30): holy-water stoup located at the entrance of the former mosque; it consists of a plain shallow square (prismatic shape) basin raised on a former altar base of the Visigothic period and dated to the 7th century; this object is a quadrangular pedestal with upper and lower graded mouldings,; the sides are ornamented with a variety of well-rendered ["savamment modelés"] floral and geometric motifs and patterns. Noted in Arbeiter (2003) as one of the "piezas grandes y por ello estacionarias", together with the one from Mérida [M. Arch. Museum listed in this Index as Merida No. 1], specimens of early baptismal fonts that replace the baptismal immersion piscinae of the Palaeochristian Peninsular churches.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
Arbeiter, Achim, "Los edficios de culto cristiano: escenario de la liturgia", Repertorio de arquitectura cristiana en Extremadura: época tardoantigua y altomedieval, Mérida: Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida, 2003
Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977