Villaverde de Sandoval No. 2, Monasterio de Sandoval, in Mansilla Mayor

Image and permission receved via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 June 2016)

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 June 2016 by Cristina Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission receved via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 June 2016)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 June 2016 by Cristina Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission receved via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 June 2016)

Font ID: 20617VIL

Object Type: Stoup

Object Details: capital, Mozarabic

Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 11th century [basin only] [re-cycled], Medieval / composite

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María [formerly Monasterio de Santa María de Sandoval, en Villaverde de Sandoval]

Font Location in Church: Inside the former monastery

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Church Address: 24217 Villaverde de Sandoval, Mansilla Mayor, León, Spain -- Tel.: +34 987 333 01

Site Location: León, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off (W) N-601, in the municipality of Mansilla Mayor, NW of Mansilla de las Mulas, 20 km SE of León capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de León

Historical Region: Esla-Campos

Additional Comments: re-cycled stoup (hewn at an unknown date from a Mozarabic capital)

Font Notes: Click to view

Holy-water stoup consisting of a former capital [Mozarabic?] hollowed at an unknown date; mounted on a modern base.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cristina Sanchez for her photographs of this stoup

UTM: 30T 297294 4707409

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.4925, -5.466667

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 29′ 33″ N, 5° 28′ 0″ W

Material: stone

Font Shape: square-to-round, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square