Merida No. 5 / Emerita Augusta / Mérida
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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view of font or stoup
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2005
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11019MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 2005-06-14
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, around the E end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Address: Avenida Extremadura, 13, 06800 Mérida, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 30 00 66
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Church located in the town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Mérida-Badajoz
Additional Comments: damaged font or stoup / abandoned font or stoup
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font or holy-water stoup made of granite and located now [June 2005] just outside the church east wall; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with deeply-cut ribbed pattern, raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base; one side of the basin is badly broken, a good chunk of stone missing; the inner well of the basin is round and has a central drain hole, now blocked.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 4311330 730421
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.920648, -6.342161
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 55′ 14.33″ N, 6° 20′ 31.78″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: the drain hole is blocked
Rim Thickness: 9 - 11.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 61 - 63 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 79 - 86 cm
Basin Depth: 37 - 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Height of Base: 58 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 118 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI