Tejeda de Tietar / Tejeda de Tiétar / Tejeda del Tiétar

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches

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 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

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 17828TEJ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cáceres, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-203, E of Plasencia, 100 km from Caceres capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Plasencia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for his photographs of this font
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.

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]