Magallon No. 1 / Magallón

INFORMATION

FontID: 12376MUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Lorenzo
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 2 January 1783
Century and Period: 18th century (late)
Font Notes:
Noted in the Magallon web site [www.magallon.es/turismo/monumentos/sanlorenzo.php] as a ceramic baptismal font the place of fabrication and the date noted in an inscription on it: "Soy de Magallón y fabricada en Muel a 3 de Henero [sic] de 1783". This same source informs that a copy of this font was presented to Pope John Paul II on his visit to Zaragoza [NB: the church was built in the 16th century and inaugurated in the first years of the 17th century, but we have no information of the earlier font of this church]. [cf. Index entry for Magallon No. 2 for another 18th-century font also in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: ceramic

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Spanish
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "SOY DE MAGALLON Y FABRICADA EN MUEL A 2 DE HENERO DE 1783"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]