Villafranca de la Sierra

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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Scene Description: very shallow ribs hardly discernible now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfredo, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 4 April 2010 by Alfredo [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pila_bautismal_de_la_iglesia_parroquial_de_Villafranca_de_la_Sierra.JPG] [accessed 1 June 2013]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 18485VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Calle Calvo Sotelo, 38, 5570 Villafranca de la Sierra -- Tel.: 920 36 76 17
Country Name: Spain
Location: Avila, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-502, 50 km from Avila capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Ávila
Historical Region: El Barco de Ávila-Piedrahíta, in the valley of Corneja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, N side, by the west gallery
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of granite, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with very shallow diagonal ribbed pattern, raised on a circular pedestal base. The crude wooden cover is round, flat and flain; modern. The church is 14th-15th-century.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.5, -5.216667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 30′ 0″ N, 5° 13′ 0″ W
UTM: 30T 312166 4485615
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]