Mezquita / San Pedro de A Mezquita
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: now much eroded
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Taufstein375.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Taufstein375.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - apse
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Apsis608.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - corbel
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kragstein mit zwei Figuren".
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_corbel612.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - north portal
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_593.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2043848639/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Südportal585.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Südportal574.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2044647622/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2044642642/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada occidental de triple arquivolta que nos presenta una abundante decoración figurativa en sus capiteles y mochetas. Se encuentra enmarcada por dos contrafuertes y un guardalluvias. En la parte superior se encuentran las figuras de San Pedro y Santa Ana."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2043853935/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Westportal596.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_mocheta582.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Westportal mit der Skulptur des Apostels Petrus".
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Westportal594.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Loba amamantando a sus cachorros en el extremo superior de uno de los contrafuertes de la fachada occidental."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2043856627/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capiteles en el lado izquierdo de la portada occidental."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2044649004/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_mocheta583.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail
![Source caption: "Westportal mit weiblicher Skulptur" [NB: some sources identify this figure as st. Anne]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190512013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Westportal mit weiblicher Skulptur" [NB: some sources identify this figure as st. Anne]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Westportal595.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Capiteles en el lado derecho de la portada occidental."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2044649758/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_tympanum599.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ManoloDQ, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 October 2011 by ManoloDQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Pedro_da_Mezquita.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/7329378956/] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mezquita_San_Pedro_Taufstein375.JPG] [accessed 12 May 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22148MEZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Rúa Loureiro-Meixendo, 5, 32838 A Merca, Orense, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the AG-31, near Celanova, in the municipality and NE of A Merca, 10-12 km S of Orense capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church Notes: early 13thC church built on the site of an earlier 10thC building, probably built on even earlier Visigothic or Mozarabic building
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of course granite and crude execution, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin mounted on a very short round base; the basin has a double moulding on the sides and a ribbed pattern all around the underbowl. Flat round and plain cover; modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.23667, -7.86875
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 14′ 12.01″ N, 7° 52′ 7.5″ W
UTM: 29T 593340 4676673
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]