Oseira No. 3 / Osera
Results: 8 records
cleric - monk - atlante position
design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row of, all around
design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: at the corners of the lower base or plinth
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Scene Description: all around
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 22158OSE
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real de Osera / Mosteiro de Santa María de Oseira
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Monastery of Santa María de Oseira, 32136 Oseira, Orense, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the OU-0406, 6-7 km NNE of Cea, 20 km NNW of Orense capital
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup of granite, consisting of roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, with a row of ball motif below, and a pattern of diagonal ribs on the underbowl; a roll moulding at the bottom of the basin; the base is a round pedestal that has a monk on the front in an atlante pose; there is a roll moulding at the bottom of the pedestal, and the square lower base or plinth has ball motifs at the corners. Unlike its pair, it is very well executed. Stands to one side of the entranceway.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.538505, -7.951655
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 32′ 18.62″ N, 7° 57′ 5.96″ W
UTM: 29T 586086 4710101
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round