Trujillo No. 2 / Turgalium / Turjalah

Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 June 2011)
Results: 12 records
B01: design element - motifs - garland
B02: design element - motifs - foliage
BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - façade
view of church exterior - portal
view of font
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 11021TRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria la Mayor
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cáceres, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located 40-45 km to the E of Cáceres capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Coria-Cáceres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel of the NW corner
Date: ca. 1550?
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his additional photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the mid 16th century made of granite; large basin of roughly hemispherical shape raised on a short cylindrical base; the upper rim of the basin has a thick moulding below which is a combination of an ondulating garland with foliage motifs in its spandrels; another roll moulding demarcates the beginning of the underbowl, the surface of which is decorated with foliage motifs; the squat lower base has roll mouldings at both ends; the inner well of the basin is round and unlined, with a central drain hole now blocked. [We are grateful to the church staff for their help in documenting this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 252099 4371861
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [the drain hole is now blocked]
Rim Thickness: 11 - 12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 96 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 119 cm
Basin Depth: 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 66 cm
Height of Base: 26 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI