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BU01: human figure - hand
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 26, 2005
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 26, 2005
INFORMATION
FontID: 11180POB
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Tarragona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century / 19th - 20th century?, Gothic? / Modern?
Cognate Fonts: several other "hand stoups"
Font Notes:
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It is not clear whether this "hand stoup" -a small hemispherical vessel with a carved human hand around its underbowl as if it were holding it up- is a cleaned-up or restored original of the Gothic period, or, most likely, a replica of a disappeared one of the same type [NB: several of these 'hand stoups" are scattered through Western Europe]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round