Martixe in Silleda / Martis / San Cristovo Martixe
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pía bautismal da igrexa de Martixe, Silleda" -- in the churchyard
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 December 2012 by Xas [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Pía_bautismal_da_igrexa_de_Martixe,_Silleda.JPG] [accessed 6 May 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 December 2012 by Xas [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Igrexa_de_San_Cristovo_de_Martixe,_Silleda.JPG] [accessed 6 May 2018]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21729MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Igrexa de San Cristovo de Martixe
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Address: Martixe, 36546 Silleda, Spain
Site Location: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the P-6502, N of the AP-53, in the municipaplity of Silleda and NNW of it
Additional Comments: disused font (outside the church, in the churchyard)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font located now in the churchyard; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base; has large notches cut off at the upper rim, evidence of an earlier font cover; appears plain.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 560095 4732845
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.74577, -8.265731
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 44.77″ N, 8° 15′ 56.63″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]