Borraxeiros / San Cristovo de Borraxeiros
Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
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view of font - north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
view of font - east side
Scene Description: Source caption: "En el muro del atrio de la iglesia, nos encontramos con esta pila bautismal de época románica decorada con una cenefa con dos lineas inscritas en zigzag."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/1468574825/in/photostream/] [accessed 6 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
design element - motifs - X motif
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Scene Description: The portal is on the west wall of the south porch or transept.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/1468579085/in/photostream/] [accessed 6 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/1469439374/in/photostream/] [accessed 6 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/1469440820/in/photostream/] [accessed 6 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/17364971@N00/1469441980] [accessed 6 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19797BOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristovo de Borraxeiros
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, by the NW end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Notes: original church 12thC, much remodeled in the 18thC
Church Address: O Quinteiro, 36525 Agolada - Pontevedra, Spain
Site Location: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-540, in the municipality of Agolada, 100 km from Pontevedra capital, near the provincial border with Lugo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pontevedra
Historical Region: Comarca do Deza
Additional Comments: disused font? (located outside the church, damaged and covered in lichens)
Font Notes:
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A large cylindrical basin with a chamfered underbowl, a band of X-motif between two incised grooves all around the upper half; damage to the upper rim area is probably related to metal staples of an old cover; there is a shprt stem, plain and circular, probably part of the same block. The font is located outside the church now, and is badly weathered and covered in moss and lichens.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 580589 4739292
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]