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B01: Virgin Mary

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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B02: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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B03: animal - fish - sea-horse

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17078ALM

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Country Name: Spain

Location: Huelva, Andalucía

Directions to Site: Located off the A-483, 55 km E of Huelva capital

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel

Century and Period: 16th century(early?) [base only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]

Cognate Fonts: a font of this type was replaced from Cabezas Rubias, also in Huelva prov. In the late 17th century [cf. Index entry]; other such fonts in Seville, the Canary Islands, etc.

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Nnoted and illustrated in Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) as the pedestal base of an early-16th century baptismal font of the Mudejar style made of dark green glazed ceramic; the cylindrical pedestal has roll mouldings at both ends, the sides completely covered in small figural representations identified in the source as St. Mary and St. John the Evangelist portrayed as in Crucifixion scenes; also on the sides are tiny sea-horses. The pedestal stands now [2006] on its own, in the baptismal chapel of this church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: ceramic, glazed ceramic (green)

REFERENCES

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