Vilar de Donas No. 2
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symbol - cross - Cruz de la Orden de Santiago
design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: around the upper rim
view of stoup
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19793VIL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador [Priorato de la Orden de Santiago]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: LU-P-4005, 27216 Palas de Rei, Lugo, Spain -- Tel.: +34 982 38 07 63
Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the LU-P-4005, N of the N-547, in the municipality and 6-7 km ENE of Palas de Rei/Rey, 45 km SW of Lugo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lugo
Historical Region: Comarca de Ulloa
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup made of granite consisting of a round, roughly conical basin decorated with a large Cross of Saint James [NB: the church was a priory of the Order of Santiago] on the front, and with a rope motif around the basin rim, raised on a round-to-octagonal pedestal base and a square lower base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this stoup
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.892567, -7.810764
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 53' 33.24 N, 7° 48' 38.75" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round