Santiago de Compostela No. 5

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design element - motifs - ball - interior basin

Image Source: Digital photograph from David de la Garma, of Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 July 2005)

design element - motifs - wave

Image Source: Digital photograph from David de la Garma, of Arteguias.com

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design element - patterns - ribbed - flat

Image Source: Digital photograph from David de la Garma, of Arteguias.com

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view of stoup

Image Source: Digital photograph from David de la Garma, of Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1 July 2005)

INFORMATION

FontID: 10926SAN

Church/Chapel: Palacio de Gelmirez

Country Name: Spain

Location: Coruña, Galicia

Directions to Site: Located near the cathedral of Santiago

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

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma, of Arteguias.com, for the photograph of this object

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An object located in an external courtyard of the Palacio de Gelmirez, near the northern promenade that leads to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, appears to be a holy-water stoup; the basin is roughly hemispherical and decorated with flat ribbed patern around the underbowl, while the upper basin side has a wave-line motif; the inside of the basin well has a ball motif inside, a rare occurrence; the basin is raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round