Toledo No. 6 / Toletum
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inscription
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches (without support)
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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design element - motifs - moulding
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2005 by BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11139TOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia del Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side [probably not the original location]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Address: Calle de los Reyes Católicos, 17, 45002 Toledo, Spain -- Tel.: +34 925 22 38 02
Site Location: Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, Plaza de San Juan de los Reyes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Toledo
Additional Comments: recycled font: now used as a planter inside the temple
Font Notes:
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Chalice-shaped baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a baluster base and a square plinth; the upper basin side has an inscription [cf. Inscription area], below which is a ribbed pattern topped with an arcade of supportless round arches; the upper side of the stem of the base has two mouldings; the back side of the upper has metal staples of the old cover. [NB: the font is now used as a decorative planter inside the monastery church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 411754 4412481
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.857778, -4.031667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 51′ 28″ N, 4° 1′ 54″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 10 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 69 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 89 cm
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Basin Total Height: 43 cm
Height of Base: 45 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 110 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the upper basin side
Inscription Text: "+NIS[?] QVI[?] RENATVS[?] FVERI[?]"
Inscription Notes: [partial transcription only]
Inscription Source: [cf. Image area]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]