Niebla No. 1

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Scene Description: now a fountain in the courtyard

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17081NIE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Granada
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huelva, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located on the A472, 25-30 km ENE of Huelva capital
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 6th - 14th century, Medieval
Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) report a former marble baptismal font of the Visigothic period [5th to 8th century] that was re-used during the Almohad dominance of Al-Andalus [1170-1212 approx.] as a decorative fountain in the courtyard of the former mosque. The basin of the [now] decorative fountain is hemispherical and plain but for a roll moulding at the upper rim; nothing on it suggests a Visigothic pedigree, and it looks like thousands of other such basins of medieval baptismal fonts; it is now mounted on a quadrangular pedestal base presumably quite late. [cf. Index entry for Niebla No.3 for the baptismal font in use in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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