Castilleja de la Cuesta

INFORMATION

FontID: 17823CAS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Sevilla, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located just W of Sevilla capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Sevilla
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel, at the W end of the nave
Date: ca. 1500?
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Hispano-Moresque / Mudéjar
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hispano-Moresque font?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
A footnote in Gonzalez Gomez (1983) mentions that the Catálogo Arqueológico y Artístico de la Provincia de Sevilla (Sevilla, 1943. tomo II) illustrates a baptismal font dating from ca. 1500 from the parish church of Santiago el Mayor, in Castilleja de la Cuesta. The Parish web site [www.parroquiacastilleja.org/?page_id=17] [accessed 2 January 2012] reports a green glazed ceramic baptismal font of the 16th century [="Pila Bautismal del siglo XVI, realizada en barro verde vidriado, con decoración en relieve vegetal y antropomórfica"] in the baptismal chapel of the Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol.

COORDINATES

UTM: 29S 761186 4141483

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: ceramic, glazed ceramic