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B01: Virgin Mary
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B02: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John
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B03: animal - fish - sea-horse
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17078ALM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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.
Font Notes:
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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