Arevalo No. 1 / Arévalo
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 December 2012)
Results: 9 records
view of basin - detail
design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of font in context
view of church interior - apse - painting - detail
Scene Description: 13th-14thC?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2011 by Rowanwindwhistler [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IglesiaDeSantaMaríaLaMayorDeArévalo20110911125457P1130771.jpg] [accessed 12 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
view of church interior - apse - painting
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19147ARE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Santa María la Mayor del Castillo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 05200 Arévalo, Avila, Spain
Site Location: Avila, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A5/N-VI, N of Avila capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Ávila
Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja
Font Notes:
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Bptismal font made of fine granite, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with mouldings beloww the rim, and a pattern of digonal ribs all around the sides and underbowl; raised on a short cylindrical stem and round-to-octagonal moulded lower base. Two metal staples in the upper rim of the basin but no cover present now.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4547517 355494
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.066078, -4.719915
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 3′ 57.88″ N, 4° 43′ 11.69″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]