Noya No. 2 / Noia
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B01: animal - reptile - snake
Scene Description: coiled around the exterior of base and basin
INFORMATION
FontID: 09214NOY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: [Iglesia-museo?]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the AC-550, on the inner S side of the Ria de Mouros e Noia, 25-30 km SW of Santiago de Compostela
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rosa Montero, Madrid, Spain, for bringing this font originally to our attention
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font which has a serpent climbing around the exterior of the stem and the basin ["pila fastuosa, con una serpiente enroscada en el pie y subiendo por la taza" -- source: email from Rosa Montero, Spain]. The font is reported in the former Romanesque church which now serves as museum in the town of Noya/Noia. [cf. Index entry for Muros No. 1 for a remarkable holy-water stoup with a snake carved inside the well in nearby Muros]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone