Mancera de Abajo No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 17885MAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Rosario [formerly San Cristobal
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [formerly St. Christopher]
Church Location: Plaza Mayor, Mancera de Abajo, Salamanca, España
Country Name: Spain
Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the 501, 7 km S of Peñaranda de Bracamonte, 48 km ESE of Salamanca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca [was part of the Diocese of Ávila until 1959]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, a t the W end
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rafael Mateos Dorado for his photographs of church and font
Baptismal font made of coarse granite and consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a flat moulding below the uppe rim, bearing a zigzag pattern all around; the sides and underbowl are covered in a pattern of diagonal ribs or piping, and there is thin moulding at the lower end; raised on a short cylindrical stem that appears to be of a finer stone, decorated with a roll moulding at the bottom; the lower base appears square and is mostly buried in the flooring now; it has spurs at the angles. There appears to be no cover in use now [January 2012], but the upper rim of the font retains a metal anchor that would have been use to secure the old cover. The older parts of the church date probably from the 13th-15th centuries, and the font probably fits there as well.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 314505 4522585

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]