Tordesillas

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Image copyright © Francisco José García Gómez, 2013

Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 September 2014]

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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco José García Gómez, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Francisco José García Gómez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 September 2014]

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 July 2016)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 July 2016)

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 July 2016)

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 July 2016)

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 July 2016)

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 July 2016)

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Patio de las Claras, within the monastery; in the right-hand corner, the west end of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2004 by José-Manuel Benito [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atrio_de_las_Claras.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2004 by José-Manuel Benito [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_Las_Claras.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2013]
Copyright Instructions: PD-Self

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18686TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Real Monasterio de Santa Clara
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Claire of Assissi
Church Notes: Gothic church was originally a mudéjar palace built on the site of an earlier one; became a female monastery in 1363
Church Address: C. Alonso Castillo Solorzano, 23, 47100 Tordesillas, Valladolid, Spain -- Tel.: +34 983 77 00 71
Site Location: Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A-6, 30 km SW of Valladolid capital. The church is located in the town centre, on the N bank of the Duero river, a few blocks E of the Puente Medieval (N-VIa)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Valladolid [formerly in the D. of Palencia]
Font Notes:
Baptismal font consisting of a plain roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round to square pedestal base; the font is very weathered and now exposed to the elements in the monastery garden; there is damage at the upper rim consistent with the presence of an old cover hardware.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco José García Gómez for his photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 333032 4596292

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]