San Felices de los Gallegos

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

broad ribs all around the sides and underbowl
Scene Description: broad ribs all around the sides and underbowl

BBU01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2

BBU02: design element - motifs - scallop

fitting at the top of the ribbed pattern
Scene Description: fitting at the top of the ribbed pattern

INFORMATION

FontID: 10523FEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Niestra Señora de Entrambos Alamos
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in the westernmost area of the province, S of Lumbrales, towards the border with Portugal
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Martín Sánchez (2004): medieval baptismal font made of granite and probably dated to the 13th century. The font consists of a large roughly hemisperical basin decorated with a double roll moulding at the upper rim side (the upper moulding is badly damaged), while the sides and the underbowl are covered in a pattern of broad vertical ribs; the lower moulding has a band of scallop the bulges of which fit in between the upper ends of the ribs; the base is a squat quadrangular pedestal. Both pieces are of crude workmanship and rather irregular shape.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Martín Sánchez, Lorenzo, Patrimonio cultural de San Felices de los Gallegos, llamado el Grande, Salamanca: Diputación Provincial de Salamanca, 2004