Tejeda de Tietar / Tejeda de Tiétar / Tejeda del Tiétar
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches
![notice the ceramic insert now used for baptisms [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1120103015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: notice the ceramic insert now used for baptisms [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2011 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2011 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font in context
Scene Description: inside the baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2011 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © viajeroandaluz, 2011
Image Source: 11 March 2011 by viajeroandaluz [www.panoramio.com/photo/49426328] [accessed 3 January 2012]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17828TEJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel, Tejeda de Tiétar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 10420 Tejeda de Tiétar, Cáceres, Spain
Site Location: Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-203, E of Plasencia, 100 km from Cáceres capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Plasencia
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of coarse granite, and consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a ribbed pattern framed at the top with round arches all around, raised on a round-to-square base; there is evidence of hardware anchors for a former cover at the upper rim. There is a ceramic insert inside the basin, of a type commonly used in this area of Spain for baptisms.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 255344 4433544
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]