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
animal - mammal - quadruped - couchant
design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet
design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 3
head - grotesque or fantastic
inscription
INFORMATION
FontID: 19803SAN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Catedral de Santiago
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Font Location in Church: Inside the cathedral
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this stoup
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.
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