San Martin del Castanar / San Martín del Castañar
Image copyright © María González Sánchez, 2013
Image and permission received from the author via Rafael Mateos Dorado (email of 11 April 2013)
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © María González Sánchez, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 13 March 2013 by María González Sánchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Rafael Mateos Dorado (email of 11 April 2013)
view of church exterior - northwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cruccone, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 8 August 2009 by Cruccone [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia,_San_Martin_del_Castanar.JPG] [accessed 11 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cruccone, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 8 August 2009 by Cruccone [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Martin_del_Castanar.JPG] [accessed 11 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font - northeast side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © María González Sánchez, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 13 March 2013 by María González Sánchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Rafael Mateos Dorado (email of 11 April 2013)
view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © María González Sánchez, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 13 March 2013 by María González Sánchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Rafael Mateos Dorado (email of 11 April 2013)
view of object
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © María González Sánchez, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 13 March 2013 by María González Sánchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Rafael Mateos Dorado (email of 11 April 2013)
INFORMATION
FontID: 18416CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Calle de la Iglesia, 37659 San Martín del Castañar, Salamanca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the SA-220, SW of Salamanca capital, 100 km from Bejar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca
Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to María González Sánchez and to Rafael Mateos Dorado, for the photograph of this font
Church Notes: original church said to be 13thC
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a ribbed pattern, the ribs very broad and slightly at an angle, raised on a round-to-octagonal base which may be not be the original. Curiously, there is an object next to the font, that is made up of two pieces; the upper part is a small polygonal shape on a spherical base, apparently monolithic; this piece is raised on a cylindrical syem with moulded ends that would have made a much better fit as base for the font. The basin is of a design very common in parts of Spain between the 12th and 16th centuries, and even later, which makes the dating difficult without close inspection and documetary evidence.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.521389, -6.063889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 31′ 17″ N, 6° 3′ 50″ W
UTM: 29T 748726 4489772
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining