Fafian / Fafián

Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2010

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 April 2010 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/4541416210/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 April 2015]

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design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: a row of, all around

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2010

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: with the re-cycled baptismal font in the foreground

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 April 2010 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/4541417200/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 April 2015]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal reutilizada como jardinera en el atrio de la iglesia."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 April 2010 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/4541416210/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 April 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19807FAF
Church/Chapel: Igrexa Parroquial de Santiago de Fafián
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: Fafián, 36537 Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Spain -- Tel.: 986 790 202
Country Name: Spain
Location: Pontevedra, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the PO-533, ENE of Rodeiro, 4 km from Chantada, 90 km from Pontevedra capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pontevedra
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, in the churchyard
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: present building is re-building of Romanesque church
A stone baptismal font located now [11 April 2010] outside the church; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a row of scallops just below the upper rim; raised on a moulded pedestal of quadrangular shape that may, or, more likely, may not be the original. The coarse granite basin is badly infected with moss and lichen and is being used as a planter in the churchyard.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.654632, -7.913581
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 39′ 16.67″ N, 7° 54′ 48.89″ W
UTM: 29T 589047 4723035

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining