Avila No. 3 / Abila / Obila
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
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Results: 9 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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LB02: design element - patterns - piping
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church interior - baptistery and font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church interior - baptistery and font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julia Guerra, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Julia Guerra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 April 2010)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 16364AVI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Avila, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on Plaza del Mercado Grande, near the Puerta del Alcázar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Avila [sufragánea de la archidiócesis de Valladolid]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Julia Guerra and to Mikel Unanue for their photographs of this church and font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin of large proportions, decorated with a patternm of very broad ribs all around; raised on a short pedestal base decorated with a moulding and piping; the basin sides are painted orange, brown and black, each rib one colour alternating the three. The flat metal cover, hinged for partial opening appears modern, made of brass.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]