Ubeda

Image copyright © Esperanza Aragonés Estella, 2008
Image and permission received (email of 28 October 2012)
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave - diagonal ribs
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave - diagonal ribs
inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area for the full text]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esperanza Aragonés Estella, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by Esperanza Aragonés Estella
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 28 October 2012)
view of church exterior - west view
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 10560UBE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Basílica y Real Colegiata de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares / Iglesia Mayor Parroquial
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Jaen, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located in Plaza Vázquez de Molina, in the centre of Ubeda
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaén
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel [aka Capilla del canónigo Magaña]
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic? / Mudéjar?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Esperanza Aragonés Estella for her photographs of this font
Church Notes: iglesia "construite à l' emplacement de l' ancienne mosquée lors de la prise de la cité le 29 septembre 1233 par le Roi Fernand III [el Santo]" [source: caption in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Church_of_Santa_María,_Úbeda [accessed 15 December 2015]]
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Almagro García (2003): magnificent baptismal font of the 15th century in Gótico-Mudéjar style, made of limestone; the underbowl is decorated with a pattern of diagonally arranged concave ribs, while the narrow basin side bears a Latin inscription [cf. Inscription area] on the salvific powers of baptism; this same source informs that the font was in Santa María until 1888, when it was moved to the church of San Lorenzo and replaced by a marble font; it was restored to Santa María in 1934; the basin is raised on a short round pedestal with the same ribbed pattern as the basin; on a squat quadrangular lower base. The wooden font cover appears modern, an octagonal pyramid with two of the triangular panels hinged to provide acces to the interior of the basin.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 38.007222, -3.368333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 38° 0′ 26″ N, 3° 22′ 6″ W
UTM: 30S 467664 4206680
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: in Gothic lettering
Inscription Location: on the narrow basin side
Inscription Text: "QUI OMNIS VERO QUID CREDIDERIT ET BAPTIZATUS FUERIT SALVUS ERIT"
Inscription Source: Almagro García (2003: 236)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Almagro García, Antonio, Santa María de los Reales Alcázares de Úbeda: arqueología, historia y arte, Úbeda: El Olivo, 2003