Torrecampo

Image copyright © Patronato Provincial de Turismo de Córdoba, 2006
Image received (e-mail of 10 October 2006)
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - foliage
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
LB01: design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
LB02: design element - motifs - moulding - star-shaped
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
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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