Oseira No. 3 / Osera
Results: 8 records
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row of, all around
design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Scene Description: all around
design element - motifs - roll moulding
cleric - monk - atlante position
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: at the corners of the lower base or plinth
view of stoup
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22158OSE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real de Osera / Mosteiro de Santa María de Oseira
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Monastery of Santa María de Oseira, 32136 Oseira, Orense, Spain
Site Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the OU-0406, 6-7 km NNE of Cea, 20 km NNW of Orense capital
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
UTM: 29T 586086 4710101
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.538505, -7.951655
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 32′ 18.62″ N, 7° 57′ 5.96″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round