Trujillo No. 3 / Turgalium / Turjalah
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Results: 8 records
B01: design element - motifs - zigzag
Scene Description: two bands, all around
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 15, 2005
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - upper view
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view of church exterior - tower
Scene Description: Church tower from the Cuesta de la Sangre
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: Madonna & Child, 13th century; originally from the Ermita Templaria de la Coronada, about 10 km from Trujillo
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 15, 2005
view of font
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view of font in context
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 15, 2005
INFORMATION
FontID: 11134TRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín [orig. from Santiago Apóstol)
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
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, NW side of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font originally from the Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol, in the same town; the hemispherical basin, probably of the late 12th or 13th century, is decorated with a double band of zigzag motig around the upper side, followed down by a ribbed pattern on th eside and underbowl, all of it very worn now; the base is very short, of two volumes, waisted in the centre; inside the basin well, a coloured ceramic insert -now used to hold the holy water- stands on a capital (?).
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 252099 4371861
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round