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Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 April 2006, in http://alic.lacoctelera.net/categoria/parroquia-ntra-sra-la-oliva-y-ermita-ntra-sra-del
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17239LEB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Oliva, Lebrija
Font Location in Church: In the cloister or Patio de los naranjos
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Previous Font Location(s): from Flanders? [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Pl. Rector Merina, 4, 41740 Lebrija, Sevilla, Spain -- Tel.: +34 955 97 23 37
Site Location: Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-471, about 35 km N of Jerez de la Frontera
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sevilla
Additional Comments: "pila bautismal que se trajo de Flandes" "a pila bautismal procedente de Flandes." -- famous person's font? claimed to be the font in which Elio Antonio de Lebrija / Nebrija was baptised in 1444 -- it appears to be a composite object
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in 'Sevillapedia' [http://wikanda.sevillapedia.es/wiki/Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Oliva] as a baptismal font originally from Flanders. The font, which appears to have been set up as a holy-water stoup, consists of two parts that may not belong together originally: the base is a fluted cylindrical column that looks suspiciously like a Roman pillar; the basin, probably two large for a capital, appears quadrangular, with heads (?) or bulges at the angles and other carvings on the sides. There is a digital photograph of the object taken 30 May 2019 by Jl FilpoC in Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pila_bautismal_del_Patio_de_los_Naranjos_(Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Oliva,_Lebrija).jpg] [accessed 10 September 2025]. [NB: the church dates originally from the 13th century, but with expansions and restorations of the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries -- we have no information on the origins of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 761313 4089648
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 36.916667, -6.066667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 36° 55′ 0″ N, 6° 4′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining