Trujillo No. 6 / Turgalium / Turjalah
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Results: 3 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
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LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: on the stem of the base
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view of stoup
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 15, 2005
INFORMATION
FontID: 11137TRU
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
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, by the S door
Century and Period: 16th century
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