Salamanca No. 6
Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
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Results: 9 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: the only decoration on the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
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view of church exterior - west façade - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
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view of church exterior - west façade - detail
Scene Description: the Romanesque (?) statue of St. Martin, patron saint of this church, above the west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto Sánchez García, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 26 September 2011 by Alberto Sánchez García [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fachada_trasera_San_Mart%C3%ADn.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pipaina, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 7 September 2011 by Pipaina [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn_de_Tours_de_Salamanca.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: looking towards the west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18405SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century[basin only?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de San Martín de Tours [aka San Martín de la Plaza / San Martín del Mercado]
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: the original church was built in 1103 over an earlier chapel dedicated to St. Peter; much of it was destroyed and re-built in the 18th and 19th centuries
Church Address: Pl. Corrillo, S/N, 37002 Salamanca -- Tel.: : +34 616 99 07 37
Site Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, near Plaza Mayor
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca
Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja
Additional Comments: altered font? / disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The present font at St. Martin's church consists of a stone hemispherical basin, plain except for a thick roll moulding at the upper rim, raised on a cylindrical pedestal that appears to be made of, or covered in, wood. The basin is of regular proportions and difficult to date without further examination, as it is of design thta endured through the medieval period into later centuries, and could date anywhere from the 11th to the 15th century, or even later. The wooden cover on the font is round and flat, with metal hasps at both ends, hinged for opening; it appears modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rafael Mateos Dorado for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 275912 4538445
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.964469, -5.664683
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 57′ 52.09″ N, 5° 39′ 52.86″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontANotes]