Trujillo No. 6 / Turgalium / Turjalah
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11137TRU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín de Trujillo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the S door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
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
Font Notes:
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A holy-water stoup, probably of the 16th century, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with large concave ribs, mounted on a pedestal column decorated with crude fluting, and a cylindrical lower base, located by the south door [cf. Index entry for Trujillo No. 4 and 5 for two wall-mounted stoups of about the same period, and to Trujillo. No. 3 for the baptismal font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 252099 4371861
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system