Trujillo No. 3 / Turgalium / Turjalah
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B01: design element - motifs - zigzag
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
view of font
view of basin - detail
view of basin - upper view
view of church exterior - tower
view of church interior - detail
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11134TRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2005-06-15
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Trujillo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel, NW side of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Santiago Apóstol
Church Address: Pl. Mayor, 0, 10200 Trujillo, Cáceres, Spain -- Tel.: +34 927 32 02 11
Site Location: Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 40-45 km to the E of Cáceres capital, in the Plaza Mayor
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Coria-Cáceres
Additional Comments: recycled font: earlier at another church in the same town
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