Villafranca del Bierzo No. 1
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Results: 21 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
B02: symbol - cross - Tau cross
Scene Description: on the front side, above a pilgrim shell
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
B03: symbol - shell - pilgrim shell
Scene Description: on the front side, below a Tau cross
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
view of basin - interior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
view of basin - interior - drain
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
view of church exterior - north portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Santiago. Puerta septentrional de la iglesia, transición del arte románico al gótico (s. XIII). Famosa en el "Camino de Santiago" por disponer de privilegio jubilar por designación papal, para aquellos peregrinos que justificasen su imposibilidad de alcanzar Compostela. Su armonía y calidad de capiteles y arquivoltas, la destaca en el románico leonés."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken in January 2011 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puerta_del_Perdón._Villafranca_del_Bierzo.jpg] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - archivolt - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_326.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - archivolt - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_328.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - archivolt - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_331.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - archivolt - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_333.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - detail
Scene Description: arrival of the Magi -- Madonna and Christ Child
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_332.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - east side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken in October 2014 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santiago_(Villafranca_del_Bierzo)._Jambas.jpg] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - east side - detail
Scene Description: Crucifixion --> Departure of the Magi? --> Dream of the Magi
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_327.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - east side - detail
Scene Description: Dream of the Magi
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_329.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - east side - detail
Scene Description: conflated scene: Dream of Joseph -- Adoration of the Magi
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_Santiago_330.JPG] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal - west side - detail
Scene Description: unlike the east side of the portal, with historiated capitals of the Vita Christi, the one on the west side show mostly animals and foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2008 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2868378674/] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © amaianos, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 April 2010 by amaianos [www.flickr.com/photos/24326886@N03/4548277971] [accessed 15 June 2019]
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view of church exterior - west façade
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
view of font in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2005 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 10900VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igleisa Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: Calle Camino Santiago, 18, 24500 Villafranca del Bierzo, León, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: León, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A6/NVI, 20-25 km WNW of Ponferrada
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Astorga
Historical Region: El Bierzo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side, near the entrance
Date: ca. 1186?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque? / Late Romanesque?
Font Notes:
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On-ste notes: baptismal font made of granite, perhaps dating to the original fabric of the church, i.e., ca. 1186 or later, in the early 13th century; the basin is roughly hemispherical, though almost goble-shaped, decorated with a plain horizontal band around the upper end and with a ribbed pattern around the rest of the bowl; at the front, the side now facing east, two symbols: a Tau cross above a pilgrim shell [NB: this church is a main stop in the Camino de Santiago and holds special priviledges related to the pilgrimage]; the pedestal base has two volumes, both round, the upper wider than the lower. [cf. Index entries for Villafranca del Bierzo... for several objects listed in this town]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.604069, -6.807694
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 36′ 14.65″ N, 6° 48′ 27.7″ W
UTM: 29T 679838 4719179
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: the inner basin well is coated and has a metal staple near the drain
Rim Thickness: 14-17 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 74-75 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm
Basin Depth: 40 cm [+5 cm]
Basin Total Height: 77 cm
Height of Base: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 117 cm
Notes on Measurements: on-site