Arroyomolinos de Leon / Arroyomolinos de León

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Scene Description: a row of rounded concave leaves resembling scallops, now badly damaged

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Scene Description: the marble stone under the font; the font itself is modern; the Latin inscription at the foot of the font has dates 1673 and 1734

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Scene Description: the font is modern; the Latin inscription at the foot of the font has dates 1673 and 1734

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17048ARR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago el Mayor
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: Plaza de la Iglesia, Arroyomolinos de León
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huelva, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located off the A-434, 95 km from Huelva capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sevilla [formerly in the Priorato de San Marcos de León]
Historical Region: Tierra Realenga de Sevilla -- formerly in Extremadura
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 5th - 8th century [re-cycled], Hispano-Roman? / Visigothic? [altered]
Church Notes: the present church is 17thC
Noted and illustrated in Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) as a holy-water stoup made from a late-Hispano Roman or Visigothic capital hollowded out and re-used as holy-water stoup; the sides are decorated with acanthus foliage and a cross-in-a-circle symbol. [NB: the fabric of the church is said to go back to the mid-14th century, but the present baptismal font in this church is modern, made of local marble; it has in it a miniature font, also modern].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 38.016667, -6.416667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 38° 1′ 0″ N, 6° 25′ 0″ W
UTM: 29S 726777 4210814

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal-to-round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal-to-round
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Carrasco Terriza, Manuel Jesús, Guía artística de Huelva y su provincia, Huelva; Sevilla: Diputación de Huelva; Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006