Santiago de Compostela No. 10

Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2018
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2009 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [http://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galer%C3%ADa_de_imaxes_da_Colexiata_do_Sar] [accessed 15 March 2010]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced here under the provisions of the Creative Commons License [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.gl] [accessed 15 March 2010]
view of church interior - north aisle - looking west
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 November 2008 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [http://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galer%C3%ADa_de_imaxes_da_Colexiata_do_Sar] [accessed 15 March 2010]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced here under the provisions of the Creative Commons License [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.gl] [accessed 15 March 2010]
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 16156SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Colexiata de Santa María de Sar / Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor y Real de Sar
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Plaza de la Colegiata de Sar, 15705 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña), Spain -- Plaza de la Colegiata de Sar, 15705 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña) -- Tel.: +34 981562891
Teléfono: +34 981562891
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located in the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, at the crossing of Avenida de Lugo with Rua de Sar de Afora, just N of the river
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Font Location in Church: [cf, FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.info/, and to Txaro Irigoyen for their photographs of this church and modern font.
Font Notes:
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The InSpain web site [www.inspain.org/es/sitios/colegiatadesantamarialarealdesar.asp] [accessed 15 November 2015] reports a 12th-century baptismal by the main entranceway ["Destaca la pila bautismal, a la derecha de la puerta principal, del siglo XII."], but the font we have information on is modern [cf. Images Area]. The baptismal font in this church is made of granite and consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with a band of round arch-heads over flat ribbed pattern, with added scallops instead of supports at the arch ends; the almost spherical stem and the moulded splaying lower base give the appearance of a modern work. The same is true of the marble insert inside the basin well, with a partition along the centre creating a double basin well, which looks original.