Toledo No. 5 / Toletum
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B01: symbol - cross - Greek
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B02: design element - motifs - foliage
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 16, 2005
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11138TOL
Object Type: Other
Object Details: Ablutions vessel
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th - 7th century, Visigothic
Museum: Museo de los Concilios y la Cultura Visigoda de Toledo, [unknown]
Church / Chapel Name: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: Iglesia de San Román, C. San Román, s/n, 45002 Toledo, Spain
Site Location: Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: In the City centre, near the cathedral
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Toledo
Additional Comments: recycled object: may have been used for liturgical purposes
Font Notes:
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Recycled impost, or abacus of a Visigothic (?) capital, later hollowed out and used probably as an ablutions or washing basin; the sides are decorated with potent crosses and three-leaf plants. [NB: unclear whether or not it was ever used for liturgical pourposes]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 412159 4412538
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.858333, -4.026944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 51′ 30″ N, 4° 1′ 37″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: centre hole in basin