Cordoba No. 4 / Córdoba / Cordova / Corduba / Karmona / Colonia Patricia
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10920COR
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo de la Catedral/Mezquita
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Catedral [former mosque] [originally from the Baño del Corral de Cárdenas]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Córdoba, Andalucía
Font Location in Church: In the museum of the Catedral/Mezquita
Date: ca. 967?
Century and Period: 10th century (?), Caliphal
Cognate Fonts: a similar ablutions font listed as Cordoba No. 3
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
On-site notes: quadrangular pyramidal ablutions font made of marble and listed in the Museo de la Catedral/Mezquita de Cordoba as "Pila califal del Baño del Corral de Cárdenas / c. 967" [= font of the Caliphate period from the bath-house of the Corral de Cárdenas]. A similar object, also held in this museum, is listed in this Index as Cordoba No. 3.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Notes on Measurements: [measurements not taken -- the object appears to be roughly 30 x 50 cm]