Arroyomolinos de Leon / Arroyomolinos de León
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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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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: a row of rounded concave leaves resembling scallops, now badly damaged
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: some very stylised, almost geometrical
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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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17048ARR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 8th century [re-cycled], Hispano-Roman? / Visigothic? [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago el Mayor, Arroyomolinos de León
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Notes: the present church is 17thC; formerly in the Priorato de San Marcos de León
Church Address: Pl. de la Iglesia, 1, 21280 Arroyomolinos de León, Huelva, Spain
Site Location: Huelva, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-434, 95 km NNE of Huelva capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Huelva
Historical Region: Tierra Realenga de Sevilla -- formerly in Extremadura
Additional Comments: re-cycled capital, late-Roman or Visigothic
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 29S 726777 4210814
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.016667, -6.416667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 1′ 0″ N, 6° 25′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal-to-round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal, re-cut from 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, p. 1354-135