Santa Comba de Bande No. 2
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view of font - upper view
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view of font
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view of font in context
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view of font in context
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view of font in context
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: notice the indented cuts and the drilled holes in the upper rim
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view of basin - interior - drain
Scene Description: notice the two drain holes
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view of base
Scene Description: notice the small square cut in the bottom rim
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10904BAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2005-05-31
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa Comba de Bande / Igreja de Santa Comba de Bande
Font Location in Church: In the churchyard
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Columba of Spain
Church Address: 32845 Bande, Orense/Ourense, Spain
Site Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 11 km S of Orense capital
Additional Comments: abndoned font: it now sits in the churchyard as a garden ornament
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: baptismal font located in the churchyard, probably from one of the later medieval refurbishings of this church between the 13th and 15th centuries; the font consists of a round basin. somewhere between hemispherical and conical and a roughly cylindrical base; there are three large indentations in the upper rim which would be consistent with the fitting of cover locks, as well as holes drilled in the same area to secure the staples of the cover; the inner basin surface shows two drain holes, a vertical one in the centre and a diagonal one in one side; the latter may indicate that the font could have been used as a garden ornament or farm implement at some time, although there are a few cases of fonts with dual drain channels; the lower end of the base shows a small quadrangular indentation, perhaps for a fitting? part of the drain? [cf. Index entry for Santa Comba de Bande No. 1 for a Roman milestone recycled as baptismal font and located inside the church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg for his additional photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 582653 4647268
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.973072, -8.002412
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 58′ 23.06″ N, 8° 0′ 8.68″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: two drainage systems
Drainage Notes: central and side [cf. FontNotes]
Notes on Measurements: [measurements not taken]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]