San Mamede de Castro / Castro San Mamede

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: a series (8?) of round arch-heads all around

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 August 2016 by Satna [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SMamededeCastroPía.jpg] [accessed 12 May 2018]

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

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view of church exterior - west façade

Scene Description: Source caption: "Igrexa parroquial de San Mamede de Castro (Paradela)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Satna, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2016 by Satna [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SMamededeCastroIgr.jpg] [accessed 12 May 2018]

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view of font or stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pía no exterior da Igrexa de San Mamede de Castro (Paradela)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Satna, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2016 by Satna [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SMamededeCastroPía.jpg] [accessed 12 May 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21743CAS
Church/Chapel: Igrexa parroquial de San Mamede de Castro
Church Patron Saints: St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Location: San Mamede de Castro, 27611 Paradela, Lugo, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lugo, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the LU-633, in the parish of Paradela, W of Sárria, SSW of Lugo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lugo
Historical Region: comarca de Sarria
Font Location in Church: outside the church, by the W entranceway
An object located now [August 2016] outside the west doorway of this church; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a row of round arches below a flat moulding at the uppe rim; raised on a square pedestal base. The object is infested with lichen; it may be late-medieval. No cover present. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font in use in this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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