Torrecampo

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B01: design element - motifs - foliage

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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LB01: design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus

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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding - star-shaped

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12261TOR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Sebastián
Church Patron Saints: St. Sebastian
Country Name: Spain
Location: Córdoba, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located 18 km from Pozoblanco, about 100 km from Cordoba capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic / Mudéjar
Chalice-shaped baptismal font, probably of the 15th century; large roughly hemispherical basin decorated on the upper with a row of deeply-carved foliage pattern that resembles an upturned arcade, the lower sides and underbowl covered in a stylised rib pattern; short stem with a deep scotia between two mouldings; star-shaped lower base; the stone surface appears weathered and the is some damage to the upper rim, probably consistent with the forceful removal of old cover staples. [We are grateful to Virginia Aparicio Rubio, of the Patronato Provincial de Turismo de Córdoba, for the photograph of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round