Plasencia No. 2

Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010
Standing permission
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
LB01: design element - motifs - spur
LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
R01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 January 2003 by Olarcos [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Plasencia_St._Salvator_Church_back_entrance_2007.jpg] [accessed 9 November 2010]
Copyright Instructions: Released by the author into the public domain
INFORMATION
FontID: 17021PLA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial del Salvador
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cáceres, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located 83 km N of Cáceres capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Plasencia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for his photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a broad rope moulding at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern on the sides and underbowl; on a round-to-square lower base of two volumes, decorated with mouldings and spurs.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 748049 4435044
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining