Faramontanos de Tabara / Faramontanos de Tábara
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Muñoz Arteche, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2016 by Andres Muñoz Arteche
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 November 2016)
symbol - cross - Latin - pattée - 6
Scene Description: incised on the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Muñoz Arteche, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2016 by Andres Muñoz Arteche
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 November 2016)
view of basin - interior
Scene Description: notice how irregular the upper rim moulding is, especially on the right side where the stone mason failed to match the two ends
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Muñoz Arteche, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2016 by Andres Muñoz Arteche
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 November 2016)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Muñoz Arteche, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2016 by Andres Muñoz Arteche
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 November 2016)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Muñoz Arteche, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2016 by Andres Muñoz Arteche
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 November 2016)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17217FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín Obispo, Faramontanos de Tábara
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in chapel on the S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church consecrated mid-13thC [AD 1245, Era 1283]
Church Address: Lugar Diseminados, 11, 49141 Faramontanos de Tábara, Zamora, Spain
Site Location: Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the ZA-123, 25 km SSW of Benavente, 50 km N of Zamora capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Astorga
Historical Region: Tierra de Tábara / Tierra de Alba
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Fernández Mateos (2010); round tapering granite basin decorated with round mouldings at both ends, and [six] incised crosses on the sides; date uncertain. [NB: unable to confirm whether or not the base is original or a later replacement].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andres Muñoz Arteche for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 219748 4635412
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Fernández Mateos, Rubén, Todo el románico de Zamora, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, 2010, p. 155