Toledo No. 3 / Toletum
Image copyright © Schlunk, 1978
PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
Results: 5 records
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Schlunk, 1978
Image Source: Schlunk (1978: pl. 60b)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
symbol - candelabrum - 7-arms - menora
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Schlunk, 1978
Image Source: Schlunk (1978: pl. 60b)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
animal - bird - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Schlunk, 1978
Image Source: Schlunk (1978: pl. 60b)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Schlunk, 1978
Image Source: Schlunk (1978: pl. 60b)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
symbol - tree
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Schlunk, 1978
Image Source: Schlunk (1978: pl. 60b)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08843TOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Museum: Museo Sefardí in the Sinagoga del Tránsito (Toledo)
Church / Chapel Name: [orig. from Tarragona]
Font Location in Church: [In a museum]
Church Address: Calle de Samuel Levi, s/n, 45002 Toledo, Spain
Site Location: Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The museum is located in the Paseo del Tránsito, in downtown Toledo capital
Font Notes:
Click to view
Illustrated in Schlunk (1978: 60b); probably a purification container of the Jewish faith [mikvah?]. It is quadrangular in shape and one (?) of the shallow sides is ornamented with a seven-arm candelabrum [menora] in the centre and a bird to either side facing the centre; a tree is located between the candelabrum and the bird on the right; characters appear incised between the figures, the ones on the left side are Hebrew [cf. Inscription area below]; the characters on the rights might be Latin [idem]. Some Muslim and Jewish vessels were re-used for the Christian liturgy in Spain, France, etc. It is not clear whether or not that is the case with this object.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Barry Walfish, Judaica expert at the University of Toronto Libraries, for his help with the inscriptions on this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 411942 4412249
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.8557, -4.02944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 51′ 20.52″ N, 4° 1′ 45.98″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: quadrangular
Basin Interior Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Hebrew [and Latin?]
Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: Left side: [PEACE ON ISRAEL ON US AND ON OUR CHILDREN. AMEN]
Right side: [PAX? FIDES? FIAT?]
Inscription Notes: The inscription on the left was identified and transcribed for BSI by Dr. Barry Walfish [NB: the characters on the right are very irregular but an attempt was made to transcribe them here]
Inscription Source: Image in Schlunk (1978: pl. 60b)
REFERENCES
- Schlunk, Helmut, Die Denkmäler der frühchristlichen und westgotischen Zeit, Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1978, pl. 60b