Orense No. 4 / Ourense
Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005
Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 July, 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005
Image Source: Digital photograph from David de la Garma
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 July, 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10925ORE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Museum: The old episcopal palace is now the archaeological museum
Church / Chapel Name: Palacio Episcopal-Museo Arqueologico
Font Location in Church: In the museum
Church Address: Rúa a Granxa, 1D, 32005 Ourense, Spain -- Tel.: +34 988 78 84 39
Site Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the OU-105, in the city centre, on the S bank of the Minho river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Orense
Additional Comments: recycled font / damaged font: now in a museum ; damage to the upper rim
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of unknown (?) origin now in the coutyard of the Palacio Episcopal / Museo Arqueológico; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical stem and a square lower base; the basin appears rather plain, but has some sort of moulding and scotia or groove as decoration; there is evidence of cover staples in the upper rim surface, to which there has been considerable damage.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma, of www.arteguias.com, for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 593608 4687649
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.335467, -7.863726
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 20′ 7.68″ N, 7° 51′ 49.42″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: evidence of metal staples from an old cover