Meira
Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2020
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 November 2020)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2014 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 November 2020)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2008 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2784465264/] [accessed 9 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2014 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 November 2020)
design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2014 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 November 2020)
design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Scene Description: very short ribs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2014 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 November 2020)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2014 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 November 2020)
view of church exterior - north portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2008 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2784468068/] [accessed 9 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada occidental, de clara influencia cisterciense."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2008 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2783610725/] [accessed 9 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © lomarper, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2011 by lomarper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosteiro_de_Sta_María_de_Meira_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 9 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0
view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JCNazza, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 September 2014 by JCNazza [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meira_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 9 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0
design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2014 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 November 2020)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22325MEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia del Monasterio de Santa María de Meira / Mosteiro de Santa María de Meira
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: present church dates back to the 12thC [documented 1154], consecrated 1258 -- there may have been a previous Benedictine monastery church here by the late-10thC
Church Address: Praza do Concello, 5, 27240 Meira, Lugo, Spain
Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N-640 - LU-741 - LU-750 - LU-122 confluence, 32 km NE of Lugo capital
Historical Region: Comarca de Meira
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a torus-scotia-torus moulding arrangent below the upper rim, followed down by a pattern of short diagonal ribs, and a pattern of wider ribs on the underbowl; on a round pedestal base decorated with parallel roll mouldings at the bottom; on a large circular plinth. No cover present but the obvios damage to the upper rim suggests there were metal staples in it for an old cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoyen for her photographs of this font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 12′ 46.44″ N, 7° 17′ 29.36″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining