Segovia No. 3

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
BBU01: design element - motifs - ball
BBU02: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
UB01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 16200SEG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de El Salvador
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: Spain
Location: Segovia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located in downtrown Segovia in Plaza del Salvador
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font similar to the one in the Iglesia de San Millan, also in Segovia capital; it is chalice shaped, with a hemispheric basin decorated with a row of ball motif between two troll mouldings on the upper basin sides, and a ribbed pattern of diagonal tibs below; the base is round at the top, star-shaped below, and square at the bottom. The font is painted red, black and blue. There is some damage to the upper rim.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted -- chalice shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round