Santiago de Compostela No. 9
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006
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view of basin
Scene Description: note the rectangular repair
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 2006
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11926SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Date Visited: 2006-06-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [original church unknown]
Font Location in Church: In a public park
Church Address: P.º das Letras Galegas, Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: In one of the gardens of the Paseo das Letras Galegas, downtown Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Additional Comments: recycled font: now serving as garden ornament
Font Notes:
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The former basin of a medieval (?) baptismal font now [June 2006] in use as a garden fountain in the Paseo das Letras Galegas, downtown Santiago de Compostela. It is a large hemispherical basin the sides of which are decorated with a broad rib pattern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 537205 4747343
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round