Mogarraz No. 2
Image copyright © Anabel Ibargaray Zaldivar, 2024
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
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design element = motifs - moulding
design element - patterns - ribbed - large ribs
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: the detached tower is partially visible on the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sotos, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2015 by Spotos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SDFMOG24.JPG] [accessed 16 April 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - tower
Scene Description: the detached tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sotos, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2015 by Spotos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SDFMOG23.JPG] [accessed 16 April 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13571MOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, in the W end, under the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 16thC church
Church Address: Pl. Mayor, 37610 Mogarraz, Salamanca, Spain
Site Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the SA-225, 1-2 km N of Monforte, between Alberca (W) and Miranda (E), 85 km from Salamanca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca
Historical Region: Sierra de Francia
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Calama Rosellon (2007): sandstone hemispherical basin decorated with a groove all around the upper side and broad ribs around the rest of the sides and underbowl; it is raised cylindrical stem and a splying moulded lower base. [cf. Index entry for Mogarraz No. 1 for another possible font in this village]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anabel Ibargaray Zaldivar for her photograph of this font, and to Mikel Unanue for his help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 749753 4486533
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.491944, -6.053056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 29′ 31″ N, 6° 3′ 11″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat base with raised turned finial; metal handles on the sides; modern
REFERENCES
- Calama Rosellón, Argimiro, La Villa de Mogarraz y la Fundación de Melón, Salamanca: Diputación de Salamanca, 2007, p. 53