Muradelle No. 2 / San Paio de Muradelle
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B01: design element - patterns - X-motif - inside a square or saltire
Scene Description: a band
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed May 31, 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of stoup in context
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10905MUR
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2005-05-31
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de San Paio
Font Location in Church: inside the church, W end, just N of the W door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Pelagius of Córdoba [aka Paio / Pelayo of Córdoba]
Church Address: San Paio de Muradelle, 27510 Chantada, Lugo, Spain
Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the LU-211 and LU-213 confluence, near Pesqueiras, in the municipaility and not far from Chantada, W of the N540 (Lugo-Orense), about 55-60 km from Lugo capital
Additional Comments: NB: access to this church was very difficult; the old parish priest lives in the adjacent house and was particularly unpleasant, ill-manered and obstinately set on not giving us access to the interior of the church [memories of Jose Arranz y Arranz in El Burgo de Osma!] ; it took us a long time and a very unpleasant one, to make him relent and let us in -- labor omnia vincit? - or who is most mule-ish of the two? -- a photo of the old priest is available to warn future visitors]
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: medieval holy-water stoup consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin mounted on a round pedestal base; the upper basin side has a band of X-in-a-square or saltire motif, but it appears to be only on the north and east side, rather than all around; the basin, which is partly cemented into the west wall, and the upper third of the pedestal appear to be one piece, made of orange granite, with the remaining twd thirds another piece of a purple (?) granite [cf. Index entry for Muradelle No. 1 for the baptismal font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 596125 4721316
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.638299, -7.827533
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 38′ 17.87″ N, 7° 49′ 39.12″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 4.5-5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 37-38 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 47 cm
Basin Total Height: 49 cm
Height of Central Column: 29 cm [the upper part of the base is one w/basin]
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm
Notes on Measurements: on-site