Tabeiros / Santiago de Tabeirós / Taberiolos / Tabeirós
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view of font in context
Scene Description: The hemispherical basin appears to have been cut at the back to make it fit against the outer wall of the church; it is now used as an ornamental planter
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 October 2009 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/4460774126/in/photostream/] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 October 2009 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/4460770496/in/photostream/] [accessed 21 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 October 2009 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/4460774900/in/photostream/] [accessed 21 April 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19832TAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igrexa de Santiago de Tabeirós / Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago de Tabeiros
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, partly built into the outer W wall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Address: Tabeirós 36684 A Estrada, Pontevedra, Spain
Site Location: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EP-7001, in the municipality and 4-5 km SE of La Estrada / A Estrada, 25-30 km SE of Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Historical Region: Comarca de Tabeirós - Tierra de Montes / Comarca del Deza-Tabeirós
Additional Comments: disused font? (located now outside the church; was it the baptismal font of this church?)
Font Notes:
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A large roughly hemispherical basin made of granite and resembling a baptismal font has been placed outside the church, used as an ornamental planter; a part of the basin has been broken [cut?] off to fit it flush against the wall, mounted on a low concrete (?) platform; we have no corroboration that it was formerly a baptismal font inside the church, but this re-cycling of old fonts as outside planters appears to be common in this region of Galicia.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 39' 46.65" N, 8° 27' 46.31" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining