Santiago de Compostela No. 12
Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
Results: 7 records
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 3
design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet
design element - motifs - foliage
view of stoup
inscription
human figure - head - grotesque or fantastic
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19803SAN
Object Type: Stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Catedral de Santiago
Font Location in Church: Inside the cathedral
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Address: Praza do Obradoiro, s/n, 15704 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Font Notes:
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A holy-water stoup of octagonal shape decorated with a tripple moulding atop, a row of large beads below, and large foliage motifs on the tapering sides; there is an inscription on the stem, and couchant beasts on the lower base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 537203 4747651
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.880556, -8.544444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 50″ N, 8° 32′ 40″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin?
Inscription Location: on the lower part of the stem
Inscription Text: "[...]ODNIM[...]"
Inscription Source: image source