Salamanca No. 7

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Image copyright © Rafael Mateos Dorado, 2013

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Results: 9 records

view of font

Font image
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 basin - interior

the internal division of the basin well and the absence of traces of old cover hardware suggest a late date for the font, perhaps 1690, the date of the establishment of the parish
Scene Description: the internal division of the basin well and the absence of traces of old cover hardware suggest a late date for the font, perhaps 1690, the date of the establishment of the parish
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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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Font image
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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal

Font image
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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
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view of church exterior - west façade - detail

this plaque identifies the name and function of the original building, the old theological school of St. Elias (Discalced Carmelites)
Scene Description: this plaque identifies the name and function of the original building, the old theological school of St. Elias (Discalced Carmelites)
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

the west portal; atop is the statue of St. Elias [aka Elijah], the prophet, claimed to be founder of the Carmelite Order -- the plaque on the left has the name of the parish; the one on the right identifies the name and function of the original building, the old theological school of St. Elias (Discalced Carmelites)
Scene Description: the west portal; atop is the statue of St. Elias [aka Elijah], the prophet, claimed to be founder of the Carmelite Order -- the plaque on the left has the name of the parish; the one on the right identifies the name and function of the original building, the old theological school of St. Elias (Discalced Carmelites)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © wikisalamanca, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph of 26 March 2007 in www.wikisalamanca.org/?title=Imagen:Parroquia-Carmen.JPG [accessed 6 April 2013]
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view of church exterior - west façade

Font image
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 font in context

Font image
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 interior - retable

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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 30 March 2013 by Rafael Mateos Dorado
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18407SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1690?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?)
Cognate Fonts: two other such fonts in Salamanca city
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Carmen [aka Iglesia del Carmen de Arriba]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the cathedral of Salamanca?
Church Notes: church dates from ca. 1690, and is part of the former Convento y Colegio de San Elías de los Carmelitas Descalzos
Church Address: C. Espoz y Mina, 11, 37002 Salamanca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 923 21 36 68
Site Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, off Plaza de los Bandos
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca
Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja
Additional Comments: moved font: originally from the cathedral of Salamanca?
Font Notes:
The present baptismal font in this church was originally at the cathedral of Salamanca, and was received within the last 67 years in exchange for one sent from this church to the cathedral [source: personal communication to BSI from the parish priest -via Dr. Rafael Mateos Dorado-, email of 4 April 2013]. The present font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a thick roll moulding at the upper rim, and diagonal ribbed pattern on the side and underbowl; raised on a squat round-to-square base; the inner well is divided by a vertical partition that reaches about one half of the depth of the well. The internal partition of the basin well and the absence of traces of old cover hardware suggest a late date for the font, perhaps 1690, the date of the establishment of the parish.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rafael Mateos Dorado for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 275766 4538486
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.966746, -5.664748
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 58′ 0.29″ N, 5° 39′ 53.09″ 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

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]