Millerada / Millarada / Millereda / San Mamede de Millerada
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 in context
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 - west façade
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)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19801MIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1178-1781?
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century (late?), Neoclassical
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Mamede de Millarada
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, opposite the W entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Notes: the Patrimonio Galego site [http://patrimoniogalego.net/index.php/48780/2013/08/igrexa-parroquial-de-millerada/] [accessed 7 April 2015] reports the present church as late-18thC, and mentions no earlier church here
Church Address: PO-7202, 6, 36556 Forcarei, Pontevedra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 986 75 40 20
Site Location: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the PO-7202, in the municipality and 5 km ESE of Forcarey/Forcarei
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pontevedra
Historical Region: Terra de Montes
Font Notes:
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The basin of a baptismal font now located outside the church, in fron of the west portal; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated on the sides with a ribbed pattern, and a roped motif around the centre ring at the bottom of the underbowl; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base. The object is badly weathered and covered in lichen.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34' 30.43" N, 8° 18' 22.73" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining