Santo Domingo
Image copyright © Chus Martinez, 2009
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue with permission to reproduce/use (e-mail 13 Nov. 2009)
Results: 3 records
LID01: inscription
![partial transcription dating the cover [and the font?] to 1908](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1091115003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: partial transcription dating the cover [and the font?] to 1908
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chus Martinez, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photrograph taken 21 October 2009 by Chus Martinez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue with permission to reproduce/use (e-mail 13 Nov. 2009)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chus Martinez, 2009
Image Source: digital photrograph taken 21 October 2009 by Chus Martinez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue with permission to reproduce/use (e-mail 13 Nov. 2009)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chus Martinez, 2009
Image Source: digital photrograph taken 21 October 2009 by Chus Martinez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue with permission to reproduce/use (e-mail 13 Nov. 2009)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15718DOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1908?
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century (early?), Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Catedral Metropolitana de Santa María de la Encarnación
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Cjón. de los Curas, Santo Domingo 10210, Dominican Republic -- Tel.: +1 809-682-3848
Site Location: Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, Central America
Directions to Site: Located in the old colonial town centre, on the W shore of the Ozama river estuay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santo Domingo
Font Notes:
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Octagonal basin raised on a cluster of thin colonnettes; cross and charged shield [one has a cardinal's emblem] decoration on the sides; The [stone?] cover with insciption recording the donation [of the font as well?] to 1908, although unfounded local claims state an early origin and the legend that its gold decoration was tstripped off the font by Sir Francis Drake [not much love lost for the English pirates to be found on this island]. [NB: the Cathedral dates from ca. 1540,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Chus Martinez, of Gijon, Spain, for the photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 19Q 406673 2042749
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 18.47303, -69.88394
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 18° 28′ 22.91″ N, 69° 53′ 2.18″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the sides of the cover
Inscription Text: "[...] DONAVIT ANNO DOMINI / MCMVIII [...]"
Inscription Notes: partial transcription only
Inscription Source: photograph received in BSI
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1907 / modern
Material: stone?