Gargantans / Gargantáns

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Results: 8 records
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave and convex

Scene Description: alternating, all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5717571803/] [accessed 6 October 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - apse - detail
view of church exterior - apse - detail
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - chancel and east end
INFORMATION
FontID: 22379GAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de San Martín / Martiño de Gargantáns
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Gargantáns, 36668 Moraña, Pontevedra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Pontevedra, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the EP-0018, in the municipality of Moraña, 5-6 km SE of Caldas de Reis, 21-22 km NNE km of Pontevedra capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: church said to be 12th-13thC; is this the original font? the combination of concave-convex ribs appear to be somewhat later (14thC?)
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base with a moulding at the lower end; the underbowl has a pattern of mixed concave and convex ribs all around; there is damage on the south (?) side of the upper rim, where the hardware of the cover lock was. The present cover, round, flat and plain is modern; appears to be made of white marble.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.566592,
-8.587911
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 33′ 59.73″ N,
8° 35′ 16.48″ W
UTM: 29T 533824 4712770
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:
stone,
marble?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]