Villafranca del Bierzo No. 2

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view of church exterior - west façade

view of stoup

Image Source: BSI - Photographed 30 May 2005

view of stoup

Image Source: BSI - Photographed 30 May 2005

INFORMATION

FontID: 10901VIL

Object Type: Stoup

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, in the nave, S side

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque? / Late Romanesque?

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: holy-water stoup made of granite, perhaps dating to the original fabric of this church, i.e., ca. 1186, or later into the 13th century; the stoup consists of a bucket-shaped basin mounted on a cylindrical pedestal base, both plain. [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: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 47 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm

Basin Depth: 20 cm

Basin Total Height: 36 cm

Height of Central Column: 46 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm

Notes on Measurements: on-site