Oya / Oia No. 2
Results: 4 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
design element - motifs - flat moulding
design element - patterns - scalloped
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18970OYA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Santa Maria [formerly the abbey church of the Monasterio de Oya/Oia]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 36794 Oya, Pontevedra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 986362125
Site Location: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-550, S of Bayona/Baiona, S of Tomiño and N of Rosal, 45 km from Vigo, 65 from Pontevedra
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Tui-Vigo
Historical Region: Comarca del Bajo Miño
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a broad flat moulding at the upper rim, with a band of scalloped pattern below; concave ribbing on the underbowl; raised on a circular pedestal base. Wooden cover, plain, flat and round.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Maria Recio, of Bilbao, Spain, for her photographs of this monastery and fonts
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 511042 4649785
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no